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Published March 31, 2009 08:15 am - Caverna Memorial Hospi-tal may be small, but it offers a lot of the same services available at larger hospitals.
Small hospital gives big service
By GINA KINSLOW
Glasgow Daily Times
HORSE CAVE
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Caverna Memorial Hospi-tal may be small, but it offers a lot of the same services available at larger hospitals.
The 25-bed rural hospital at the edge of Barren and Hart county line serves patients in Cave City, Horse Cave and the surrounding area. It offers many speciality clinics so patients don’t have to drive long distances for medical care.
“To us a 25-mile drive is nothing, but to a lot of people an extra 15 miles, 30 miles or 40 miles (is a long drive),” said Alan Alexander, CEO. “So, it’s pretty nice to keep those services local and in the community.”
Speciality clinics available at CMH are: pulmonology, wound care, cardiology, ophthalmology, gastroenterology and surgical.
At one time a variety of surgical procedures were performed at the hospital, but when specialities came forth those procedures were dispersed out, said Becky Farris, director of nursing.
“We have restarted a surgical clinic for minor cases and are expanding that presently,” she said.
Surgical procedures that are conducted at the hospital include general surgery, ophthalmology, gastroscopes, endoscopes and biopsies, as well as other diagnostic procedures.
Caverna also features an operational emergency room that is open year-round with an on-duty physician.
“A lot of people were under the perception that we don’t have a doctor on duty all the time like the ERs used to be years ago, but we actually have physician coverage here 24/7 and we do admit inpatient and outpatient,” Farris said.
The hospital also offers radiology and can do basic X-rays, as well as ultrasounds, mammography, endoscopy, CTs and MRIs.
“We own a mobile MRI unit along with three other small rural hospitals in kind of a co-op agreement,” Alexander said. “That unit rotates between here, Leitchfield, Hardinsburg and Tell City, Ind.”
Sharing ownership of the MRI unit, he said, was a way for all four small hospitals to offer the service that none of them could afford to make available on their own.
The mobile MRI unit is available on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and evenings.
“So physicians in the area with patients who need those tests, we try to market to them and let them know that this service is available,” Farris said.
One of the services hospital officials are particularly proud of is the Picture Archiving and Communi-cation System (PACS.
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