A $327 million expansion and modernization project years in the making at Riddle Hospital in Media will have its grand opening June 14, with service beginning July 10, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times.

The five-story 230,000 square-foot addition gives Riddle 10 modern surgical suites, 76 new patient rooms, and a 174-space parking garage with electrical vehicle charging stations and a green roof.

It adds another intensive care unit to the 13 now in the original building and adds a third floor dedicated to maternity and delivery care, including a Neonatal Level II ICU.

For patients, the addition means they each will have their own rooms.

“When the pavilion is completed, we’ll have 186 private rooms between the two buildings,” said Hospital President Shelly Buck. “It’s a huge change because right now, we have semi-private rooms, and that’s one of the biggest concerns people have.”

The current hospital building registers 10,000 annual discharges, 34,000 emergency room visits, and 7,700 surgeries.

Riddle is owned by Main Line Health, which also operates Lankenau, Byrn Mawr, and Paoli hospitals.

Helping pay for the project were 364 donors, including 72 physicians and 133 employees who have given $1.22 million so far.

Read more about Riddle Hospital’s new addition and expansion in the Daily Times.