While still resembling a steel, earth and concrete construction site, the new $25 million Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Emergency Department is poised for transformation toward its final shape, the Bennington Banner reports.
The ongoing first phase of the project will create about 6,700 square feet of new emergency department space, which will expand out past the former main hospital entrance. That phase, including a new hospital entrance and lobby, is expected to be ready for use by May 2023. Working began in August 2021.
Subsequent construction phases will include renovating and upgrading 7,000 square feet of existing emergency and other building space. Outpatient registration, phlebotomy and imaging department waiting room space also will be renovated, and there will be upgrades to the laboratory and cafe areas.
The new emergency department also will connect with the now separate Respiratory Evaluation Center and ExpressCare sites. Read more.
