{"id":2160,"date":"2020-03-26T09:30:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T13:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/newsroom_details_pag\/rush-to-complete-new-hospital-tower\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T09:49:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:49:26","slug":"rush-to-complete-new-hospital-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/rush-to-complete-new-hospital-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush to complete new hospital tower"},"content":{"rendered":"

Penn Medicine Rushing to Open Part of New Hospital to Deal With COVID-19 Patients<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Penn Medicine is rushing to open part of a new hospital tower in University City in an effort to help with the influx of novel coronavirus patients.<\/p>\n

The facility would open 119 hospital beds across the street from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, a Penn Medicine spokesperson confirmed to NBC10 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrews are working around the clock to complete this project at an incredible pace \u2013 these rooms are expected to be ready by mid-April, 15 months ahead of the facility\u2019s planned opening,\u201d the spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson said Penn Medicine has been \u201cworking closely\u201d with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s office and the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council to expedite construction while ensuring the safety of workers.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the week, Wolf ordered all \u201cnonessential businesses\u201d to close across the state, including construction companies. However, Philadelphia officials shortly thereafter said they would work with the governor to keep construction going, at least temporarily, referencing their desire to continue building at a hospital in the city.<\/p>\n

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\n(Pedestrians stream by Penn Medicine’s new hospital tower under construction in University City.)<\/p>\n

It was unclear if the hospital they were referring to was the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Penn Medicine planned to finish construction of the site \u2013 called \u201cThe Pavilion\u201d \u2013 by 2021, but the current coronavirus outbreak seems to have accelerated the pace.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley has repeatedly warned of the danger of the city\u2019s health system being overwhelmed<\/a> by coronavirus patients. Farley, like other health care professionals across the country, has urged infected patients to contact their primary care providers before seeking hospital care and to try to ride out the illness at home unless suffering from severe symptoms.<\/p>\n

In Philadelphia, at least 96 people<\/a> had been infected by the virus as of Sunday afternoon. Across Pennsylvania, there were at least 479 confirmed cases and two deaths.<\/p>\n

The numbers, which officials warn will continue to rise, also prompted Wolf to issue emergency waivers<\/a> so hospitals throughout the state can add hospital beds as they deal with the influx of patients with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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