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Nurses Work to Make Surgeries Green |
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - It's starting to look a bit greener inside Johnson City Medical
Center's surgical areas.Team members in the Same Day Surgery Center and the
main Perioperative Services area at JCMC have been working together to ensure
that nearly 5,000 pounds annually of clean, recyclable plastics end up in the
recycle bin and not the landfill.
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Franklin Woods - First Expected Green Hospital in Tennessee |
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Heralding in a new era of healthcare and environmental responsibility to the region
and state, Franklin Woods Community Hospital will opened inside Johnson City's
Med Tech Park on July 12, 2010. The hospital is the first certified "green" hospital
in Tennessee and the first such building of any type in the region. The 80-bed
hospital will serve as a replacement for the aging North Side and Johnson City
Specialty hospitals.
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New Abingdon hospital to also be a "Green" building |
The new $135 million replacement facility for Johnston Memorial Hospital is on target to
open in spring 2011 as a replacement for the JMH building in downtown
Abingdon. The new location has a 60-acre campus and a recently constructed
cancer center. The new campus is nearly three times the size of the former
location. McMurray said the additional space will continue to allow JMH to expand
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