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Hospital Incarnate Word pabellón de cuidados intensivos San Luis (EE.UU.)

1978; Spanish National Research Council; Volume: 30; Issue: 298 Linguagem: Espanhol

10.3989/ic.1978.v30.i298.2595

1988-3234

George Hellmuth, Gyo Obata, George Kassabaum,

Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units

This unit forms part of an extensive program of new installations —this main plan has been designed by the same architects— which will complement the existing hospital in the future. In the new building, the patients rooms are on the upper level, organized in groups of eight, around the center's three main specialities: surgery, coronaries and general medicine. A large portion of the ground floor is not constructed; it consists of the main entrance which leads to the reception and waiting areas, a cafeteria-dining room and a small circular chapel. The rest of the surface leads to the parking area. The structure is built entirely of concrete and its functionality as well as the suitable athmosphere in the different areas is outstanding and these characteristics have won first place in the interior design contest sponsored by the Interior Design Magazine and the Professional Designers Institute.