The Williamsport addition will contain an expanded emergency department, surgical suites and single-occupancy patient rooms, according to Tracie Witter, Susquehanna's director of marketing. She tells GlobeSt.com the groundbreaking is scheduled for summer 2009.
The expansion and renovation of the cancer center at Divine Providence Hospital, which is also located here, began today. The project also calls for facility upgrades, including a new family visitation area as part of the skilled nursing unit at Muncy Valley Hospital in Muncy, which is located in the eastern portion of Lycoming County.
The state's Department of Community and Economic Development has approved a grant of $12.3 million for the overall project. The funding comes from the department's Infrastructure and Facilities Improvement Program. It will provide $625,000 each year for 20 years to the Lycoming County Industrial Development Authority for debt service on behalf of Susquehanna.
"This award represents a significant boost to the financing plan for Project 2012, which will help us provide the kind of healthcare facilities our patients, their families and our caregivers so richly deserve," says Steven Johnson, president and CEO of Susquehanna Health, in a statement. The project will create 230 jobs, according to a press release from Gov. Ed Rendell's office.
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