By Dan Murphy
Pictured (L-R) are Lee Kinnally, Past Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Council Member Tasha Diaz, Trustee Pam Barnes, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, City Council President Lakisha Collins-Bellamy, Ron Corti, President & CEO, NY State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Raffaele Milizia, MD, Chief of Emergency Medicine
Saint John’s Riverside Hospital launched their new Emergency Department expansion with a special Wall Breaking Ceremony on June 2.
The hospital celebrated the momentous milestone with a special Wall Breaking Ceremony. Joined by Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, City Council President Lakisha Collins-Bellamy, Council Member Tasha Diaz, and other distinguished guests, this long-awaited renovation begins a new chapter in our Saint John’s Riverside Hospital’s commitment to delivering exceptional care and to better serve the growing community they serve with enhanced services and facilities.
“This project is a transformative opportunity for us to meet the needs of our patients and community by enhancing access, creating a triage system to get patients to the appropriate level of care and connecting our patients who lack a primary care physician to one of ours,” said Ron Corti, President & CEO. “This project will double the size of our current emergency department and will increase our bed count from 28 to 55 beds,” he said.
The cost of this project is approximately $16 million. Funding has come from the New York State Department of Health. They are providing $15.3 million for this renovation. Additionally, the United States Department of Health and Human Services has provided an additional $1 million to support the infrastructure in the fast-track portion of the emergency room.
The Saint John’s Riverside Hospital community thanked former Congressman, Jamal Bowman, for securing the additional $1 million grant and were thankful to the New York State Department of Health and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for their support in this critical project.
Visit riversidehealth.org, for more information.