February 2, 2006 Issue
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February 2, 2006 Issue
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Plans for CHH growth announced
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Last Thursday, Chestnut Hill Hospital revealed their plans for an expansion and renovation project to include not only physical improvements, but also in technology and personnel.
The hospital’s assistant CEO, Lisa Mallon, said that at least $43 million would be put into the expansion.
Rodney Reider, Chestnut Hill Hospital’s CEO, added that even greater sums would be put towards an increase in physicians, nurse and doctor education and additional technological advances to “build on what is already there.”
The expansion project was developed in 1991, when the hospital had hoped to do these renovations, but was unable to due to financial constraints, according to Mallon.
But this past spring’s joint venture purchase of the hospital by the University of Pennsylvania Health Systems and Community Health Systems provided the “financial backing to now build the dreams that the hospital had back in 1991,” Mallon said.
“We’re staying with the plans that were approved in 1991,” Mallon said, which included a new cancer center, new 18-bed emergency room, six additional state-of-the-art operating rooms, a new intensive care unit and a new labor delivery area. She also said that they are making sure to keep with the aesthetic nature of Chestnut Hill and looking to preserve their green space.
“We’re expanding for you,” said Mallon in a presentation to the Chestnut Hill Community Association, referring to the entire community of Chestnut Hill and the surrounding area.
