N.Y.-Based River Hospital Eyes Fall 2020 Completion
After surpassing its fundraising goal of $4 million for its Hope + Healing Campaign, River Hospital, Alexandria Bay, N.Y., is underway with updates and renovations. According to a report from NNY 360, the expected end date for all construction is fall 2020.
Reporter Rachel Burt writes: “Going up next door is the medical office building, a two story building that will eventually house the primary care, special services, behavioral health and physical therapy for the hospital, and is slated to be completed in June.”
The hospital’s emergency room will also reportedly see an expansion. Burt confirms that along with more private bays, boosting the current total from five to nine, there will also be a special trauma bay and different rooms that will be able to treat specific emergencies. There will also be a separate entrance for ambulances.
Currently, the hospital has one operating room, but once construction is completed, the second floor will see an expansion of the Emergency R Level — Ambulatory Surgery Unit, with another OR being added, giving providers better turnaround and more room to do other procedures.