The ACS, which was created inside the UMass Lowell Campus Rec Center on Aiken Street, opened its first 14 beds today and has staffing to scale up to as many as 28 beds by the end of the week. The beds will be a regional resource for the transfer of recovering patients who need some additional medications or therapies before being discharged to home, opening up inpatient capacity for more severely ill patients.
“We are proud to be able to provide this resource for the region and stand ready to accept additional patients,” said Jody White, President and CEO of Lowell General Hospital and Circle Health. “Patients and families should take comfort that this site is staffed by skilled physicians, nurses and support personnel, and will provide the same standard of care as they would expect in the hospital.”
The site has a maximum capacity of 77 beds, but there remains a need for staffing, particularly RNs.
