Penn Medicine celebrated the official groundbreaking of its new Penn Medicine Washington Square (PMSW) facility.
Located at 8th and Walnut Streets, the new facility 153,000-square-foot, $22 million facility consolidates Pennsylvania Hospital’s ambulatory and support functions in an ultra-modern, eco-friendly space. Medical practices and hospital departments currently housed in various building surrounding the hospital, will come together in one location including Orthopaedic Oncology, Foot & Ankle Surgery, Urology, Otorhinolaryngology, Urology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Infectious Diseases, Endocrinology, General Internal Medicine, General Surgery, GI Surgery and diagnostic patient services.
This additional building will allow Pennsylvania Hospital to reach its ultimate goal of an all private room acute care hospital at its main campus. PMWS is scheduled to open in 2013.
