St. Joseph's Healthcare System has launched a five-year, $250 million expansion and renovation investment project at two of its campuses.
The St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center/St. Joseph's Children's Hospital in Paterson, NJ and St. Joseph's Wayne Hospital in Wayne, NJ construction projects are intended to meet the growing demand for inpatient and outpatient care at both campuses.
The expansion is expected to create numerous construction and healthcare jobs, expand the healthcare services offered to residents of the region, and enhance the cityscape environment surrounding the medical center, said William A. McDonald, president and chief executive officer of the healthcare system.
Construction in Paterson includes a critical care building that will feature new Adult and Pediatric Emergency Departments, surgical suites and critical care units, a rooftop helistop, as well as a new lobby with educational conference facilities, and a parking garage.
"Demand for services at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center has consistently exceeded capacity," said McDonald. "This expansion project will allow physicians and staff to provide expanded high quality care in a state-of-the-art facility and demonstrate our continued commitment to responding to the healthcare needs of the community."
Construction at the Wayne campus includes renovation and expansion of the intensive care unit/critical care unit, expansion of the surgical suites and post-operative area, and renovation of the lobby.
"Operating rooms today are being built to nearly twice the size that they were 25 years ago to accommodate the technology and the people you need for sophisticated procedures," said McDonald. "At St. Joseph's Wayne Hospital, we will be replacing two existing operating rooms with two brand new, 600 square foot, systems integrated operating rooms that are equipped to meet the current and future technologic demands of surgery."