Doylestown Health Unveils New Critical Care Center

DOYLESTOWN, PA — Doylestown Health officials celebrated the opening of a 32-bed critical care unit at its new Clark Center for Critical Care Medicine.

The health care provider hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for a select group of major donors, most notably Richard Clark, the retired CEO of pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co, and his wife, Angela Clark, who are major donors to Doylestown Health.

“This center will help Doylestown Health continue to maintain its high standards and to be a
resource for future generations,” Richard Clark said at the ribbon-cutting. “Now we’ve taken that standard of clinical care and matched it with the highest standard in facilities with the new critical care unit. I’ve been in hospitals throughout the world, and I can guarantee you, there is no better facility than the one we’re standing in right now.”

The Clark Center for Critical Care Medicine is the overarching program name that encompasses
all critical care services at Doylestown Hospital, including the new 32-bed Putman Intensive
Care/Intermediate Unit (ICU/IMU) located on the third floor of the Cardiovascular and Critical
Care Pavilion.

The Clarks were recognized in December for the opening of the Clark Outpatient Rehabilitation Center, located in the new ambulatory center on the hospital campus.

The new Putman ICU/IMU was named after Paula and Kevin Putman Sr., of Penn Color, Inc. It offers larger rooms with more space to accommodate specialized equipment like ventilators for critically ill patients.

Ongoing construction projects at Doylestown Hospital include expanding the Women's Diagnostic Center, renovating operating suites, and rebuilding Children's Village, the on-campus early child learning and daycare center that was destroyed during Hurricane Isaias last August.

The hospital's "One Vision" campaign also includes renovations that will allow for Doylestown Hospital to expand to an all-private bed facility in the future.

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