June 20, 2025- Franciscan Health Indianapolis recently opened a Neuro Critical Care Unit (NCC), located at the main hospital campus. The NCC provides advanced monitoring and intensive treatment for critically ill neuro/neurosurgical patients and is one of just three such units in Indiana.
Patients are either directly admitted from the Franciscan Health Indianapolis emergency department or transferred from other hospitals through the Franciscan Transfer Center.
“To have a unit designed and led by a team of exceptional neurosurgeons, neurologists, our nursing staff and other clinicians speaks to the focus we have on neuroscience programs here at Franciscan Health Indianapolis,” said Lori Price, president and CEO for Franciscan Health Central Indiana. “Our patients will be able to receive the care they need close to home by exceptional physicians and staff who will get them home quickly and safely.”
The NCC will care for patients with a specially trained team who receives more targeted neuro education. Having a dedicated staff create a better rapport between physicians and nurses since they repeatedly work with the same co-workers.