New hospital opens in Kingston
The new $113 million HealthAlliance Hospital on Mary”™s Avenue in Kingston opened for patients Dec. 14 after a Dec. 13 ribbon-cutting ceremony that was attended by New York”™s Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado, along with other state and local elected officials and hospital representatives.
HealthAlliance is part of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), a 1,700-bed health care system headquartered in Valhalla with nine hospitals on seven campuses in the Hudson Valley.
The Mary”™s Avenue facility formerly had operated as the Benedictine Hospital and then became HealthAlliance”™s Mary”™s Avenue campus. In addition to renovating the existing 48,000-square-foot facility, WMCHealth added a new two-story 79,000-square-foot building with a new 25,000-square-foot emergency care center.
“We are immensely proud to deliver this state-of-the-art new hospital, fulfilling our long-term commitment to transform the quality of care for residents in the Hudson Valley,” said WMCHealth President and CEO Michael D. Israel.
Lt. Gov. Delgado speaks at ceremony opening Kingston hospital.
In his remarks, Delgado said, “Our doctors, nurses and health-care professionals deserve state-of-the-art technology to serve their communities. This project is an investment that will continue to serve the people of the Hudson Valley for years to come.”
The renovation and expansion of the hospital on Mary”™s Avenue is only the first part of a two-part plan by WMCHealth in cooperation with New York state to consolidate the operations of the two HealthAlliance hospitals that have been in Kingston. The second phase involves WMCHealth converting the HealthAlliance hospital on Broadway in Kingston into a walkable health care village where preventive and primary health care services are offered. The total cost of the Kingston projects is expected to be $134.9 million, with $88 million coming from New York state”™s Capital Restructuring Financing Program.