108-bed Penn State hospital to open Oct. 1

Penn State Health in Hershey is opening its Hampden Medical Center Oct. 1, according to Penn Live.

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The $300 million facility in Hampden Township, Pa., will include 108-beds, an 18-bay emergency department, an intensive care unit, a maternity unit with level 2 neonatal intensive care and operating rooms. 

Four hundred employees are expected to start at the hospital when it opens, with that number growing to about 1,000 in a few years, according to Penn Live.

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