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St. Peter’s Health begins multi-million dollar renovations

Posted at 3:05 PM, Mar 24, 2019
and last updated 2019-03-24 22:45:47-04

HELENA – St. Peter’s Health has begun a major renovation for its operating rooms.

The construction began about three weeks ago and will continue for the next year and a half.

According to the hospital, renovating the six operating rooms will run about nine million dollars as the initial project is funded with the help of the St. Peter’s Health Foundation.

While the new and improved OR will incorporate some major technological upgrades like specialty lighting to keep rooms sterile. It is one of the tools to provide continuous disinfection for the operating rooms. The hospital also intends on introducing robotic surgery to Helena. As the construction continues, Surgeons will begin to transition and implement the new changes.

As the construction continues, surgeons will begin to transition and implement the new changes.

Dr. Shelly Harkins, chief medical officer said, “We will develop six state-of-the-art, brand new, operating rooms. Including a room for our new Da Vinci Robot; we are bringing robotic surgery to Helena which is really exciting for all of us, but of course, there needs to be a dedicated room and processes for that.

“Our new O.R. rooms will be truly spectacular; we expect to have the best operating room in the state of Montana,” she added.

The emergency center says it will upgrade the six operating rooms in phases, allowing four operating rooms at any given time.

Reported by Christine Sullivan/MTN News