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LG Health opens temporary ED entrance ahead of new expansion
Ioannis Pashakis//December 21, 2020
Lancaster General Hospital has closed its Duke Street emergency department entrance as it begins a multi-year, $182.5 million expansion to the department.
On Monday, the hospital opened a new, temporary entrance to the department on Lime Street as it begins an estimated 18 month expansion to the hospital.
The expansion will double the emergency department’s beds to 95 and will increase its capacity to serve 140,000 patients annually.
LG Health first announced that it would be considering an expansion to the department last year after seeing record rates of emergency department visits the year prior. In 2018, the emergency department reportedly saw nearly 118,000 patients – 28,000 over its capacity of 90,000.
The new 40,000-square-foot expansion is planned to open in the summer of 2022. Until then, patients seeking emergency care will enter the hospital through a designated drive along Lime Street, which leads to a short-term parking area beneath the hospital, LG Health wrote in a press release.
The department’s existing clinical services will remain in their current location within the hospital. In addition, ambulances will continue to access the emergency department via entrances along Frederick Street and Duke Street.
