Tobey Hospital’s expanded Emergency Dept. progress celebrated with ceremonial beam signing
[Source: wickedlocal.com] An important milestone was reached in the $25 million construction of Tobey Hospital’s new Emergency Dept. Monday with the ceremonial signing of the last structural steel beam prior to its being put in place.
The new ED will triple the space of the former emergency department, bringing it to 25,000 square feet, noted Southcoast Health President and CEO Keith Hovan in remarks to those gathered under a tent Monday to celebrate the event.
The former ED was last renovated in 1987, “and was designed for a flow of patient volume of roughly 15,000 patients a year,” Hovan said.