American women have become more health conscious over the past few years; Harris Hospital has studied the trends and has added the latest women's services available to meet their healthcare demands. Harris can help you enjoy a fuller, healthier life and can provide you with state-of-the-art medical resources in a supportive and pleasant atmosphere, with an understanding staff that offers personal care.
Special Deliveries
Harris Hospital offers a package of services for labor and delivery referred to as Special Deliveries. And, with the delivery of more than 450 babies each year, Harris must offer a comprehensive program to ensure that every delivery is, indeed, special.
Special Deliveries offers plenty of options to make the birth experience special:
Newly renovated Obstetrical Department features:
- 2 Labor-Delivery-Recovery Rooms
- 3 Labor or Antepartum Testing Rooms
- Two Delivery Rooms
- 5 Post-Partum Rooms
- 13-Bed Nursery
- Diagnostic Ultrasonagraphy
- Antepartum Testing
- Child-Birth Education Classes
- High-Risk Pregnancy Management
- Newborn Hearing Screening
- Sibling-Grandparent Visitation
- CPR Instruction to New Parents
- Rooming-In Privileges
- 24-Hour Neonatal Coverage
- Level II Neonatal Intensive Care
- Modern Central Fetal Monitor System
Tiny Toes Program
This program is designed to be a comprehensive healthcare resource, beginning with the first trimester of pregnancy up to birth and even through the baby's first birthday. Monthly newsletters, a special take-home gift pack, and Internet Nursery are just some of the benefits of the program.
Harris Hospital and the Health-Conscious Woman
There are other ways we can help, too. We offer you and your family programs that enable you to better understand your healthcare needs and make lifestyle changes and choices that will benefit the entire family. Listed below are some of the services Harris offers:
Gynecological Services - features a supportive, professional staff including two OB/GYN physicians, unique female services - including tubal ligations, hysterectomies, biopsies, exploratory surgeries, dilation, and curettage (D&C), treatment of pelvic diseases, reconstructive surgeries, and infertility treatments.
Breast Screening Program - Harris not only offers mammographies, but also a number of outreach education services, such as video tapes, information packets, and artificial breast model for group demonstrations, and breast cancer awareness seminars. Mammography services are offered Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Contact your physician to schedule an appointment.