MAHONING TOWNSHIP -- Construction crews are working outside the Geisinger-Woodbine Lane Outpatient Clinic near Danville. It's a huge expansion project. Officials say when it's done it will be a 135,000 square foot addition.
"We`re going to be doubling the size of the facility," Tom Sokola said.
Geisinger officials say the $54 million expansion project will add permanent jobs for around 100 people. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kenneth Wood says it will mean many patient services all under one roof.
"We're bringing together orthopedics, ophthalmology, general practice, pediatrics, there will be an expansion of radiology, so it will really create an opportunity for patients in this area to not necessarily have to go to the main hospital," Wood said.
"That would give us space on our main campus to back-fill that with higher patient, higher acuity services," Sokola said.
The project includes a three-level parking garage which will add more than 300 parking spaces to the facility.
"It will help me as well as everyone else of course when the winter comes and we have to deal with the weather," Karen Trutt of Milton said.
Trutt has been coming to the current facility for 12 years. She said the expansion is a welcome one.
"I've been coming for therapy and post-op visits," Trutt said. "I think it`s needed. There are so many people who are trying to get in and see the doctors. They`re really busy and they`re doing the best they can. I think it`s going to be beneficial to everyone in the area."
The expansion at Geisinger-Woodbine Lane Outpatient Clinic is expected to be completed in February of 2017.
