Myrtue Medical Center will Open a Temporary ER Entrance During Renovation and Expansion
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Starting on July 6, 2023, the Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) entrance along Garfield Ave will close to allow for an estimated 13-month expansion and renovation of the current emergency room. A temporary emergency entrance will be located just to the west of the existing ER, still on Garfield Ave in the current inpatient visitor entrance. Exterior signage will direct patients to the new temporary ER entrance on Garfield Ave.
Patients seeking emergent care will enter on Garfield Avenue. They will check in at a temporary lobby and waiting area. Myrtue will keep this entrance open for the Emergency Department and inpatient visitors of the hospital.
With this renovation and expansion, the temporary helipad will be located in the northeast section of the employee parking lot.
The hospital’s Chatburn Avenue main entrance will remain open for non-emergent patient appointments at the Harlan Clinic.
When complete, the Emergency Department expansion will increase space and improve workflow in the ER. The renovation will provide approximately 8,700 square feet of space, an expansion of about 3,400 square feet from the ER’s current footprint.
Murray Company, the construction company overseeing the project, will use the area to the east of the Hospital campus, along 12th Street, to stage materials, equipment and construction office trailers during construction.
