UCHealth offering tour of Longs Peak Hospital on Aug. 5
LONGMONT — The general public can take a tour of UCHealth’s Longs Peak Hospital in Longmont on Saturday, Aug. 5, a couple of weeks before the hospital opens.
The $192 million, 210,000-square-foot hospital at 1750 E. Ken Pratt Blvd. will have 50 beds to start with, an intensive-care unit, operating rooms, a Level III trauma center and emergency department, advanced cardiac services, a birth center with a Level II special care nursery, a surgery center and 24-hour retail pharmacy, laboratory and imaging services.
On Aug. 5, the morning will kick off with the Teddy Bear Hospital event from 9 a.m. until noon. The Community Open House will be from 1 to 5 p.m.
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At Teddy Bear Hospital, UCHealth emergency staff will bandage, suture and X-ray teddy bears brought in by children. The free event is an effort to decrease the anxiety and fear a child might have should they need to come to the emergency room as a patient.
Emergency Physicians of the Rockies will give away mini teddy bears away to the first 250 young guests. Various community programs will host information and activities, and emergency vehicles will be on site for the children to tour.
The Community Open House event is geared for the general public to tour the hospital and surgery center. Attendees will get to look around a number of areas of the facility, from the emergency room and one of the operating rooms to the intensive-care unit, the birth center and the gift shop.
Physicians and other providers will be on hand to answer questions and demonstrate some of the latest technology that will be used in the hospital. Representatives from the hospital’s volunteer office and foundation also will be on hand to share more information about opportunities to get involved at the hospital.
