Peconic Bay Medical Center and Northwell Health officials said they plan to invest $92 million to expand emergency services and build a new women’s and infant care unit at the Riverhead hospital.
Officials are expected to make an announcement Friday afternoon.
The five-year project, subject to regulatory approvals, also will increase capacity at the 144-bed hospital.
“We’re doing this to elevate the patient experience and continue to bring more services to eastern Suffolk County,” Peconic Bay executive director Amy Loeb said Thursday.
The hospital, which delivers around 500 babies each year, will seek state Department of Health approval to create a women’s and infant care center in its Skilled Nursing facility, which closed earlier this year.
The new $19 million wing will have a separate entrance, increase the number of operating rooms for Caesarean sections to two and add 12 private postpartum rooms.
The hospital also will develop a Level 2 neonatal intensive care unit for sick or premature newborns who require advanced medical attention.
A second $20 million project will add 7,400 square feet to the hospital’s emergency department, which sees close to 40,000 patients each year.
Nine additional treatment rooms, a Level 2 trauma room and CT scanner and reconfiguration of ambulance bays are included in the plans, which recently obtained preliminary approval from the state Health Department and could open as soon as next year, Loeb said.
The remaining $53 million will go toward adding between 16 and 20 private rooms, a move Loeb says brings the hospital closer to its goal of only offering private rooms to patients.
“With a larger emergency department, we will require even more [capacity] so we want to plan for that and be prepared,” Loeb said.
Since joining Northwell Health in 2016, Peconic officials said demand for services has grown due to population gains on the East End.
Census data shows that from 2010…
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