Suffolk, Va. (September 25, 2007) In response to the growing need of the community, Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View announced today the expansion of services offered in the Emergency Department.   Effective September 26, the Emergency Department will expand operating hours from 16 hours each day to 24 hours and will be accepting ambulance traffic beginning October 1.  

Bon Secours opened the Emergency Department at Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View on March 1, 2007.  The center has provided more than 7,000 patient visits during the first seven months of operation in the 11,000 square foot, $3.7 million expansion.     

About Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View

Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View was established in 1999, as an outpatient care center to address the growing medical needs of the Northern Suffolk and Western Chesapeake community.  The facility is home to an outpatient surgical center, hosting six operating rooms (two dedicated to the Center for Sight) and with a diagnostic center that includes Western Hampton Roads only open MRI, a multi-slice CT scanner, a full service radiology facility.  Bon Secours Surgical Weight Loss Center was added in 2002 and the team has now performed more than 1,000 bariatric procedures predominately using minimally invasive access.  The Surgical Weight Loss Center recently named Center of Excellence status by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery.  The gastroenterology center, pulmonary rehabilitation center and corporate offices were added in early 2004.  The Bon Secours Center for Colon and Rectal Diseases and the Millie Lancaster Women’s Center were added in early 2006.   In late 2006, Bon Secours partnered with Lakeview Medical Center to open the Mid-Atlantic Hearing and Balance Center.  The facility added an open-bore MRI in early 2007 and now offers advanced emergency care.

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