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AGbreaksGroundbreaking ceremonies were held last week for a three-part expansion and renovation program at Allegheny General Hospital.The program, which will cost more than $12 million and take two years, will include the addition of a Northwest Wing, renovation of the pediatric unit on the fourth floor of the main building and construction of a mechanicaltower.The new wing, five stories high, will feature a new Division of EmergencyMedicine four times the size of thepresent unit. The Division of Emergency Medicine is among the busiest in Pittsburgh will about 40,00 patient visits a year.The new facility will have the latest equipment for emergencies, 12 treatment rooms, a holding area for acute psychiatric patients and a spacious waiting area.The wing will also house new accomodations for X-ray and radiation therapy. The rapidly growing department will serve about 70,000 patients this year.Also in the new wing will beground.3expanded facilities for the Department of Laboratory Medicine/Singer Institute, a new computer center andbusiness and medical support facilities.Construction will also add 4,024 square feet of additional space to the pediatrics department. It will contain 60 'beds, including,, an intensive care unit.The new facilities is to be the result of many months of careful planning onthe part of Allegheny General and member ..hospitals of the Northwest Allegheny Hospitals Corp. (Divine Providence Hospital, St. John’s General Hospital, North Hills Passavant Hospital). Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, the Hospital Planning Association of Allegheny County and pediatricians practicing in Northwest Allegheny County.Joint training programs for interns and resident with the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh have been initiated.The third part of the hospital’s expansion is to be the construction of an eight-level tower east of the mainMArchitect's rondo ring of hospital wingbuilding. The tower will house equipment to enable the hospital to begin air-conditioning all floors of the main building.Deeter, Ritchey and Sippel are thearchitects for all phases of the construe tion o rogra m.EtnaPair caught in burglarizing pharmacyLawrenceville men were caught in the act of burglarizing the Northway Pharmacy on Butler Street. Etna, Sunday morning. Nothing was missing, according to police.John Chawryluk, 21. and Robert Lacewski, 20, were apprehended by Etna police and taken to the Allegheny County Jail.*An Etna teen-ager was charged by Etna police with possession of stolen goods and disorderly conduct Monday morning.Kenneth Montgomery, 18, 51 High ,, was stopped by police while parked in his car at Maseth’s gas station at the corner of High and Butler Street, Etna.He was caught with three boxes of cupcakes stolen from the AP on Crescent Avenue, Etna, Sunday eveningAccording to police there were two passengers in Montgomery’s car who fled before the car was found.Montgomery was arraigned Monday before District Justice of the Peace James H. Bowen. No hearing date wasset...Held for court» ii 1 J *. y :-Frank John Pastor of Pleasant Hills has been held for grand jury on a drunken driving charge. He was arrested April 25 on Brighton Road, Bellevue. District, JP Edward J. France made his decision Monday. June 7.Alarm triggeredA short cure it ci S blamed for ageneral alarm sounding at Assumption School, Bellevue, Thursday at 1:30 p.m.There was no fire. The short circuit triggered the alarm.
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Pittsburgh North Hills News Record
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jun 09, 1971
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