PORT JERVIS – Bon Secours Charity Health System CEO Dr. Mary Leahy, and Michael Israel, president of Westchester Medical Center, took sledge hammers in hand to “smash” through a cardboard brick wall and symbolically launch the $40 million renovation of Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis.
Dr. Leahy called the project, which will see development of a medical village on the campus, “transformative.” She said the project “will be at the forefront of a healthier community.”
A 43,000-square foot section of the hospital will be transformed into a medical village that will include facilities for Cornerstone Family Healthcare and the Orange County Department of Mental Health Services.”
Israel said the renewed hospital will change the face of healthcare in the Port Jervis region.
“We truly believe the re-imagined Bon Secours Community Hospital will really transform the delivery of care, not only in Port Jervis, but in the entire Tri-State area in this region,” he said.
Israel noted other similar projects are either underway or have been completed at their other partner hospitals in Valhalla, Poughkeepsie and Kingston.
Upgrades at Bon Secours will also include emergency department enhancements, development of a new laboratory, a reimaging suite, wellness area, on-site pharmacy, new entrance and expanded lounge for patients and family members; an upgraded imaging enter with diagnostic technologies as well as a redesigned bariatric center.
Three-dozen semi-private rooms will also be converted to private rooms.
