New Hospital Planning & Construction
The New Potomac Valley Hospital is Under Construction:
The construction of the new Potomac Valley Hospital is in full swing and
is slated to be completed in the summer of 2008. The modern 48,000 square
foot facility will be located on Pin Oak Lane just off Route 220 adjacent
to the Potomac Valley Hospital Physical Therapy/Business Office building.
Master planning of the approximately nine acre site will allow room for
future expansion and parking will exceed 150 spaces. The new facility
will be patient-friendly and provide a better atmosphere than the current
facility, which has been a fixture on Mineral Street since November of
1931. It will be a one-story building with 25 spacious inpatient rooms,
including a 4-bed Intensive Care Unit, nine emergency treatment rooms,
expanded from seven in the current building, and a surgical suite that
will house two operating rooms, an endoscopy suite and an outpatient surgical
room. The flow of patient traffic and the separation of different types
of patients are major design considerations. Patients will be able to
find their way throughout the hospital clearly and simply while hospital
personnel will be able to deliver the needs of the patient more efficiently.
The new facility will focus on outpatient services, placing the Radiology,
Laboratory and Same-Day Surgery areas toward the front of the building.
The inpatient treatment area will be located toward the rear where it
will be quieter and away from the commotion of other areas. Other ancillary
areas, including Cardiology and Respiratory Therapy, will be expanded
to accommodate more patients.
The General Contractors Struever Brothers, Eccles and Rouse, Inc. from
Baltimore have sub-contracted with several local contractors to construct
the new facility. Parks Excavation of Keyser cleared the land and completed
most of the site work. Mineral Fabrications is currently doing the foundation
work while Ray C. Lapp of Cumberland is installing the underground plumbing.
The new facility will be equipped with over $2 million worth of patient
equipment, including an entirely new Radiology department consisting of
a new 16 slice CT scanner, nuclear medicine system, 2 new radiographic
machines and 2 new ultrasound machines. The patient rooms will consist
of new hospital beds and patient room furniture. The Nutrition Services
department will be equipped with brand new cooking and food storage equipment.
The Emergency room will be equipped with a new monitoring equipment and
new beds.
Lakeside Architects of McHenry, MD has stepped in to complete the design
of the building. RK&K Engineering of Keyser will also work with us
to plan the layout of the land and the utility installation. The building
will be financed through a consortium of financial institutions lead by
First United Bank and Trust.
DIRCETIONS TO THE NEW POTOMAC VALLEY HOSPITAL
FROM THE NORTH:
Follow Route 220 South thru the city of Keyser. On the right side just
past Jenkins’s Chrysler, make a right on to Pin Oak Lane –
The new hospital site is on the right.
FROM THE SOUTH:
Follow Route 220 North, past Wall Mart. Just past the Mountaineer All
Star Café on the left, turn left onto Pin Oak Lane – The
new hospital site is on the right.