Organizers celebrated the groundbreaking of a $650 million expansion and modernization project for Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY.
The project, according to the University of Rochester’s Medical Center, will expand the hospital’s emergency department. The size of the existing emergency department will be tripled and will provide more than 650,000 square feet.
According to Governor Kathy Hochul’s office, the project was awarded $50 million through the Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program IV, Rochester First reports.
This expansion project, which is expected to finish in 2027, will also help with overcrowding issues that Strong Hospital is facing. Read more.
