Lot tour: Exmoor City Hospital

Spring 2023

The construction of Exmoor City Hospital was finalized in March 2023 and the hospital was opened a month later. Situated in the centre of Exmoor, the hospital handles patients with various conditions.

The staff (l-r): nurse Danielle Holt, psychologist Tina Robinson, general practice and emergency specialist Grace Cooper and OB/GYN resident Sandra Williams.

1st floor

First floor layout.

First thing you see when you walk into the lobby is the reception desk. The elevators are located in the back of the lobby next to the reception.

The waiting area in the lobby with the public phones.

The gift shop offers many items such as cards and flowers...

...Magazines and balloons...

...and toys for all the little ones staying in the hospital.

The cafeteria offers snacks, beverage as well as breakfast and lunch.

There's something for everyone, from cookies and muffins to meat pies and lasagna.

2nd floor

Second floor layout.

The emergency area is off limits to patients and visitors, only staff is allowed.

There are a couple of chairs for patients who are waiting to get into the MRI room.

A view from the MRI control room.

The waiting room next to the GP's office.

There's a separate area for the psychologist's patients.

The GP's office. A desk, some chairs, filing cabinets and diplomas.

Here's the examination area with a couch, some gloves and the eye examination chart.

The psychologist's office is decorated with soothing colors. She has a desk for doing paper work and a bookcase full of psychology books.

Sessions with patients usually take place on the sofas because it's more informal that way.

3rd floor

Third floor layout.

Coming out of the elevators on third floor, there are two patient rooms on the right with some chairs for family members to wait while the doctor and nurse are in the room.

The patient rooms are quite identical with a bed, night stand and a couple of chairs for visitors.

There's a small bathroom and some storage space for patient's things.

The OBGYN ward is decorated more colorfully.

The waiting room has a view to the nursery.

The doctor's office has a desk and a scale.

On the other side of the room are the examination chair and the ultrasound machine.

The birthing room has a bed, a crib for the new born and a sofa for the spouse.

The birthing room also has a small bathroom, similar to the ones in the patient rooms.

4th floor and the roof

Fourth floor layout.

On the right is a door to the lecture room where medical students get lectures from attending doctors and visiting professors.

There's a lounge with some vending machines.

The lecture room.

The research room for the students to study and write papers.

There's also equipment which the students can use to practise their surgical skills.

The fourth floor also has a small room for the doctors on call to sleep in.

Last but not least there's a science lab where the scientists and students do research.

The storage and disposal of the materials used in the lab is very restricted. Everyone working here must be familiar with the lab rules.

The roof layout.

Emergency facilities

There's an ambulance bay that leads straight into an elevator where patients can be taken straight to the emergency room, MRI, patient rooms or operating theater.

The emergency room on the second floor.

There's room for two patients at a time.

The ER is decorated very scarcely with just the minimum equipment.

There's a light board for viewing ex-rays as well as IV-drops and crash carts with a defibrillator and a vital signs monitor.

The emergency facilities are only connected to the other parts of the hospital on the second floor so that patients can be transferred to the MRI and the patient rooms.

The operating theater is on the fourth floor.

There's a washing area for the surgeons.

The surgical equipment.

The roof has a helicopter pad and an elevator that takes the patients to the emergency facilities.

Notes:

• Sorry for the very long post but I couldn't edit it any shorter with this amount of pictures (50 in total!).
• This is the new hospital that was already featured in the May birthdays post. It's a residential lot and Dr Sandra Williams (a former townie) serves as the place holder.
• Since it's a residential lot I couldn't get the cafeteria worker to spawn so I had to think of something else. I think the cafeteria looks alright although I think I need to add a fake cash register because it's weird there's no place to pay for the food.
• All in all I'm very happy with how the hospital turned out. I think it needs more deco, mainly plants and maybe some posters for the science department. I don't want it to be too cluttered either because the hospitals where I've worked have always been very organized and tidy.