Elaine S. Larson Surgical Center Campaign - Allina Health

the importance of Surgery
at United hospital
United Hospital is the hospital of choice for more than 200,000 people
who rely on it each year for their health care needs. Our goal is to provide
any patient, at any time and in any room, with immediate access to the
health care that he or she needs. United’s operating rooms, which were
designed and built in 1977 when procedures were much simpler, are
interfering with our ability to meet this goal. These rooms are antiquated
and undersized, contributing to inefficiencies, financial constraints and
patient, physician and staff dissatisfaction.
Throughout the past 150 years we have shown that we are dedicated
to the health and well being of those in the United community. More
recently, we have made major investments in technology, including
intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging, two robotic surgery systems,
a 3T MRI and the magnetoencephalography, among others. We have
invested in our facilities to improve service and expand specialty care
offerings on our campus through United’s Peter J. King Emergency Care
Center, Nasseff Heart Center and Nasseff Neuroscience Center. We now
need to invest in our operating rooms.
The United Hospital Foundation campaign to completely rebuild
the operating rooms has a goal of $18.5 million. The project
entails restructuring our existing operating rooms into larger, more
technologically advanced surgical suites that will increase efficiencies in
usage, patient flow and turnover. The average size will go from 350 square
feet to 600 square feet.
Please consider joining us in our efforts to serve our communities by
providing exceptional care, as we prevent illness, restore health and
provide comfort to all who entrust us with their care.
Thank you for your commitment to United Hospital and to the United
Hospital community.
Omer Sanan, MD
Medical Director of Surgical Services
United Hospital
omer Sanan, Md
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