Anna Jaques Hospital leaders marked the opening of the facility’s two new operating rooms, as well as a new main entrance and walkway, a project that was more than a year and $9 million in the making, the Daily News reports.
The Stepping Forward Project, which included $4.2 million in donations from the community, expanded the hospital’s surgical capacity for the first time in 25 years with the completion of the two operating rooms to support the hospital’s New England Baptist Orthopedic program and accommodate state-of-the-art orthopedic equipment.
“This project represents our vision of providing outstanding care right here in our local community,” Anna Jaques Hospital President Mark Goldstein said to the hundreds of guests in attendance Thursday. “For the benefit of our patients, visitors, caregivers and staff, we focused on enhancing access to specialty services, while also creating a state-of-art environment that is reflective of the quality of care provided at our hospital. We appreciate and celebrate all of the generous donors who supported Anna Jaques Hospital as we continue to evolve and expand to meet the health care needs of our area.”
Goldstein pointed out that the project included a new helipad, meaning for the first time since since 2021, medical helicopters can land on the hospital campus. During construction, medical helicopters landed at a helipad on Perry Way near the city’s Department of Public Services. Read more.
