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Published September 23, 2008 03:00 pm - “Women will be pampered unmercifully,” said Pam Barlet, director of community relations and program development at McCune Brooks Regional Hospital in Carthage. “The new Spradling Birthing Center is opening on September 2. We are so excited to be welcoming babies back to this hospital.” Welcome Babies: McCune Brooks Brings Forth Spradling Birthing Center By Carole Liston “Women will be pampered unmercifully,” said Pam Barlet, director of community relations and program development at McCune Brooks Regional Hospital in Carthage. “The new Spradling Birthing Center is opening on September 2. We are so excited to be welcoming babies back to this hospital.” The Spradling Birthing Center, a new physicians’ clinic, and state-of-the-art digital imaging diagnostics top the list of new or enhanced services offered by McCune Brooks, a 100-year plus city hospital that re-invented itself in a new facility in January 2008 as a 21st Century, state-of-the-art regional hospital. “Some of the longer term building projects are now nearing completion. For example, we are putting the final touches on the birthing center,” Barlet said. “The décor, supplies, and intensive training for staff are at the top of the list these days.” The Spradling Birthing Center offers a level of personalized care that is rapidly becoming the new hospital's trademark. “Care for women, by women, is our theme,” Barlet said. “’Physicians for Women’s Health’ is the name of a unique new group of female OB GYN physicians that will be handling our hospital services,” she added. The group consists of Drs. Elizabeth Barlet, Lydia Keisler, and Maritza Manrique-Kiniry. The Spradling Birthing Center has four Labor/Delivery/Recovery/Postpartum (LDRP) suites that are designed to keep families together for the birthing process. “If a baby can be left with her own mom, it’s best,” said Susan Deyoe-Phebus, RN, IBCLC, the birthing center nurse manager. “Our goal is that families will feel at home. We want to keep a family atmosphere.” To facilitate this atmosphere, “high-tech” birthing equipment is kept out of site in a closet, the room is furnished with a sofa bed, a refrigerator, a whirlpool tub, a baby-friendly hand sink designed for ease in bathing babies, a glider-rocker, and a dining table. Amenities such as designer décor, computers, and flat screen TVs give the room a touch of luxury. “We are a level one nursery, a self-contained unit within the hospital,” Phebus said. “Today’s world requires tight security measures in birthing units, and this unit was built with many layers of security in place. Everything from the high tech arm bands on the babies, which can trigger alarms throughout the hospital, to simple changes such as uniquely colored shirts and scrubs for all birthing unit employees, adds layers of protection and security.” 
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