When UPMC Pinnacle set out to design West Manchester Township-based, UPMC Memorial hospital, the system laid out its imaging and emergency departments next to one another, and operating rooms were expanded to leave room for advances in surgical equipment such as robotics.

UPMC Pinnacle began transferring patients to its new West Manchester Township hospital early Sunday morning. By 9 a.m., the new UPMC Memorial hospital was open.

UPMC Pinnacle is putting the final touches on the new UPMC Memorial hospital as it nears its Aug. 18 opening date.