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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN’s) West Penn Hospital announced the opening of a new Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) today, which is a significant enhancement expanding the hospital’s critical care capacity. AHN West Penn’s new MICU will provide specialized medical management for critically ill patients and it is dedicated to non-surgical medical emergencies and severe illnesses. Individuals that are suffering from conditions such as severe infections, respiratory failure, cardiac arrests, kidney failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, overdoses, diabetic ketoacidosis, stroke (non-surgical), or those who have recently undergone a bone marrow transplant can receive care at this MCIU. This expansion will significantly advance AHN West Penn’s critical care capabilities to enable more effective and efficient triage and admission of patients requiring a higher level of care. The MICU will streamline patient transfers and admissions not only from within AHN but also from other hospitals across the region through AHN’s centralized One Call Transfer Center. The multimillion-dollar investment from AHN will also create 100 new jobs in the Bloomfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh.