Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center opens for business in East Hempfield Township [photos]
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
The first patients were served Monday at the new, $375 million, 132-bed Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center, a six-story hospital at 2160 State Road in East Hempfield Township.
The facility currently employs about 500 people and is expected to reach 1,000 workers as it phases in its full range of offerings. When it opened Monday its emergency department and general hospital services were fully staffed, but it has not yet opened the full range of services that will eventually be offered, such as cardiac surgery.
The opening of the hospital marks another step in the Penn State Health’s and Highmark’s long-term goal of ensuring that everyone in the communities the health system serves is within 10 minutes of a Penn State Health primary care provider, within 20 minutes of its specialty care services and within 30 minutes of a Penn State Health acute-care hospital.
“When we partnered with Highmark, we made a promise to make it easier for the communities we serve to access Penn State Health’s expertise,” Steve Massini, CEO of Penn State Health, said in a Monday news release.
Work on the facility began in May 2020.
Dr. Joy Cotton speaks with her patient, Harold Engle, right, Elizabethtown, as his wife Nancy Engle looks on during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Engle was the very first outpatient at the new hospital.
- Suzette Wenger
Dr. Joy Cotton checks vitals on her patient, Harold Engle, Elizabethtown, during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Engle was the very first outpatient at the new hospital.
- Suzette Wenger
Nancy and Harold Engle, Elizabethtown, receive a tee shirt and a mug from Susan Randall-Sloan, Practice Site Manager, during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Harold was the very first outpatient at the new hospital.
- Suzette Wenger
Staff members in the emergency room work during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. From the left, Avery Jervey-McCown, William Haggans and Douglas Wilson work at a moblie support desk.
- Suzette Wenger
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Dr. Joy Cotton speaks with her patient, Harold Engle, right, Elizabethtown, as his wife Nancy Engle looks on during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Engle was the very first outpatient at the new hospital.
- Suzette Wenger
Dr. Joy Cotton checks vitals on her patient, Harold Engle, Elizabethtown, during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Engle was the very first outpatient at the new hospital.
- Suzette Wenger
Nancy and Harold Engle, Elizabethtown, receive a tee shirt and a mug from Susan Randall-Sloan, Practice Site Manager, during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Harold was the very first outpatient at the new hospital.
- Suzette Wenger
People sit in the cafe during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
- Suzette Wenger
Staff members of the emergency room gather around a computer during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
- Suzette Wenger
Chairs await visitors in the emergency room during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
- Suzette Wenger
Staff members in the emergency room work during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
- Suzette Wenger
Staff members in the emergency room work during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
- Suzette Wenger
Staff members in the emergency room work during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. From the left, Avery Jervey-McCown, William Haggans and Douglas Wilson work at a moblie support desk.
- Suzette Wenger
Dr. Michael Reihart, Medical Director of Emergency Services, was at his desk bright and early during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
- Suzette Wenger
Two beds await patients in a trama room in the emergency room during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
- Suzette Wenger
A procedure room awaits patients during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
- Suzette Wenger
A cafe looks out to the main entrance during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
- Suzette Wenger
The main entrance hallway waits for action during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
- Suzette Wenger
The main entrace waits for action during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
- Suzette Wenger
The main entrace waits for action during the first day of operation at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center on State Road in Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
- Suzette Wenger
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