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Hospital Offers Modern Home Away From Home

WILLIAMSPORT — A hospital in Lycoming County is now offering a new kind of room, and you don’t even have to be a patient. Queen-sized beds, flat-scr...
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WILLIAMSPORT -- A hospital in Lycoming County is now offering a new kind of room, and you don't even have to be a patient.

Queen-sized beds, flat-screen televisions, and a private bathroom. Starting next month, five new rooms will open at the Hospitality Inn. It's connected by walkway to the Williamsport Regional Medical Center.

"Inviting. That's the word we are looking for. It's inviting," said Brenda Nittinger.

Brenda Nittinger was just discharged after an overnight stay in the hospital on High Street. Her boyfriend Ed McCabe drove back and forth from Blossburg to see her at the Susquehanna Health facility.

"He feels like he has to get back up and come back down. I told him not to but, he never listens to me so here he is," said Nittinger.

"It would be so much easier if you could just stay in a location where you didn't have to worry about that," said Ed McCabe.

McCabe could have stayed in a room at the Hospitality Inn where guests share a bathroom.

"Some of our individuals that stayed in our dormitory style rooms that said, you know we would be willing to pay if we had our own private bath if it was a little nicer. We took that opportunity to upgrade the floor," said Tracie Witter from Susquehanna Health.

The new rooms were made to accommodate patients and their families. That's why they can stay here at a discounted price. The hospital tells us anyone can reserve a room at the hospital.

"So if you are traveling through the area and just couldn't find something they would actually rent if for someone that was traveling through? Well that's wonderful. That's great,” said McCabe.

"This hotel like experience, right on campus connected to the facility itself," said Witter.

"I hope that this catches on, that more places do this, more hospitals,” said McCabe.

The new rooms at the Hospitality Inn at Williamsport Regional Medical Center are set to open October 1. They'll go for about $100 a night.

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