New ICU at Memorial Hospital North

On January 26, 2009, Memorial Hospital North will expand services to include a 10-bed intensive care unit (ICU) for critically ill medical or surgical patients. This addition to Memorial Hospital North gives northern Colorado Springs residents and physicians:

• Expertise - 24-hour comprehensive, critical care expertise provided by experienced critical care intensivists and critical care nurses
• Options - You can choose to have or your physician can choose to perform more complicated surgeries at Memorial Hospital North
• Confidence - Should a patient take a turn for the worse, the critical intensive care is on site to meet the immediate needs of the patient and care team
• Convenience – Residents and physicians located in northern El Paso County have critical care located close to home

If you will be having surgery in the near future, ask your physician about surgical options at Memorial Hospital North.

 Take a virtual tour of Memorial Hospital North.

If You Have Cancer, Talk to Your Doctor About TomoTherapy

 Listen to the audio podcast interview with Mark Hazuka, M.D., radiation oncologist, on the benefits and advantages of TomoTherapy (.mp3/7:50).

Memorial’s TomoTherapy Hi-Art treatment system is one of the most advanced and versatile radiation therapy systems available for the treatment of a wide variety of cancers – and, the only one of its kind in Colorado.

Benefits of TomoTherapy include:

• delivers more radiation to a smaller area than traditional radiation therapy
• should produce optimal outcomes with fewer side effects
• allows the ability to re-radiate areas that have already received exhaustive levels of traditional radiation therapy

Memorial’s Cancer Center is the only cancer center in Colorado to offer TomoTherapy.

Not every patient is a candidate for TomoTherapy. Talk to your doctor about the option of TomoTherapy as a radiation treatment for your condition.