Reading Hospital and Medical Center to Acquire Surgical Institute

WEST READING, Pa. — The Reading Hospital and Medical Center (TRHMC) of West Reading, Pa., and the Surgical Institute of Reading (SIR) jointly announced that TRHMC will acquire SIR, which will become a division of TRHMC. The transaction is expected to be completed this summer following review by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General.

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$53 Million Hospital Expansion Under Way

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Officials broke ground on a $53 million expansion program For Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. The expansion will double the size of the hospital’s existing emergency room to 30,000 square feet as well as significantly expand the size of the current heart and vascular institute tower. The new building will connect to the existing radiation and oncology buildings.

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