In addition to improved patient care, PMMC
visitors can now enjoy another sign of
progress: an $18-million construction project.
 “The upgrade not only creates a more comfortable
environment,” explains Chief Operating
Officer John Kirby, “but also offers technology
upgrades such as digital mammography and
two hyperbaric oxygen units.”
Highlights of the
Expanded Medical Center
Phase 1
New ground floor conference rooms
2 new conference rooms in Chesmont Building
New Pharmacy IV Work Room
Phase 2
Relocation of Neurophysiology department to
ground floor of hospital
Relocation and expansion of Endoscopy Center to
second floor of Outpatient Pavilion
Phase 3 Current Phase
New 8-bed Transitional Care Unit
Expansion of Behavioral Medicine Center with
4 new patient beds and aesthetic upgrades to unit
Phase 4
New 16-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
New 8-bed pediatric unit
New 4-chair inpatient dialysis unit
Phase 5
Expansion of Progressive Care Unit into former
ICU, resulting in 12 new private patient rooms
Phase 5 will begin in January 2010. | 
