CORNING, N.Y. — State and community leaders assembled recently to break ground on the future site of Guthrie Corning Hospital. With construction managed by a joint venture of Gilbane Building Co. and Welliver, the modern facility will feature 65 private rooms designed for patient comfort, privacy and safety. The new hospital is designed to be energy efficient and promote green operations. “This project truly represents a new era in patient care for the residents of the region,” Hospital President Shirley Magana said at the event. “We appreciate the trust that the people of Corning and Steuben County have placed in … Read more

ENCINITAS, Calif. — Expansion plans at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas took a major step forward with a groundbreaking of a Critical Care Building, which will more than double the size of the hospital’s current emergency department and increase the number of medical-surgical beds by 43 percent. The Critical Care Building is the centerpiece of the hospital’s $94-million second phase of expansion, which also includes a new central energy plant and various infrastructure improvements on and around the medical campus. The population of the hospital’s surrounding area has increased by more than 20 percent during the past decade, according to the … Read more