June 22, 2004

 Jameson Memorial Hospital Awarded Medical Command Facility Recognition

     New Castle, PA – Jameson Memorial Hospital has successfully completed the Medical Command Facility Recognition Program process.  The Pennsylvania Department of Health awarded Jameson Hospital’s Emergency Department recognition as a medical command facility through April 2007.  The Jameson Hospital voluntarily participates in the Medical Command Facility Recognition Program.  As a medical command facility, paramedics and EMTs can contact the Emergency Department via radio or telephone to speak directly to an Emergency Medicine Physician concerning the treatment of patients suffering an acute illness or injury. 
            Emergency Services are provided 24 hours a day.  Jameson Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Services is dedicated to prompt, efficient, quality care of patients. 

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