Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger on May 13 broke ground on an $880 million project to expand and modernize Geisinger Medical Center.
“This is a transformative project that continues Abigail Geisinger’s legacy of bringing the best care to our neighbors across the region,” Geisinger President and CEO Terry Gilliland, MD, said in a news release. “The community deserves and expects to have timely access to specialty care; this project allows us to build on our commitment of doing just that, now and into the future.”
Four things to know:
1. The project seeks to enhance patient care by expanding accessible services, reducing wait times, and modernizing the hospital campus, particularly the emergency department.
2. The expansion will include a new 11-story tower that will feature an emergency room that will double the square footage of the current space and increase the number of beds from 45 to 60. Updated modern operating suites and intensive care units will also be part of the tower project.
3. The project will transition the hospital to 100% private rooms for adult medical-surgical units.
4. The tower is projected to open in 2029.
