CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan -- After more than a year of renovations, the Evans Branch Medical and Dental Clinics recently reopened its facilities here July 6.
The renovations, which began in December 2009, were designed to improve the condition of the building and interior equipment.
Navy Capt. Terry J. Moulton, the commanding officer of U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, says this renovated facility is important because service members and their families deserve the best care possible.
Although the project was anticipated to be complete late last year, multiple setbacks caused the delay until this month, said Lt. Cmdr. Mike A. Payne, the department head of the Deployment Health Center, Evans Branch Medical and Dental Clinic, U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan.
The new dental clinic is will offer one of the most technologically-advanced facilities with brand new equipment and furniture.
“The new dental clinic is state-of-the-art with new furniture and equipment,” he explained. “The new arrangement will allow greater access to care and the individual stations will allow for greater patient flow throughout the clinic.
The medical clinic has been restructured to improve functionality by revamping the treatment and waiting rooms.
The old medical clinic did not have a fully-functional laboratory or radiological services. The new clinic will have a full pharmacy complete with tele-pharmacy technology, a laboratory with new equipment and increased capabilities, a new radiology suite and modernized waiting rooms.
“One of the biggest additions patients will notice is that Evans is now handicap accessible,” said Payne. “We now have a wheelchair ramp and an elevator just inside the main entrance to the dental clinic.”
The newly renovated clinics are located in building 449.
For more information call 645-7375.