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<p>About $80 million will be spent to connect Moses Taylor and Regional hospitals into one unified, updated Scranton campus, the chief executive officer of both institutions said Wednesday.</p><p>&#8220;Having our two hospitals connected and working efficiently to coordinate care is a major benefit to our patients,&#8221; Justin Davis said in a media release announcing what was dubbed &#8220;one of the largest private investments by a private, non-tax-exempt institution in Scranton in recent years.&#8221;</p><p>Both hospitals are owned by for-profit Commonwealth Health based in Tennessee, the company that also owns Wilkes-Barre General hospital.</p><p>The two hospitals are about 500 feet apart in a straight line, separated by the width of two city blocks. Plans include connecting bridges and a centrally-sited medical office building between the two.</p><p>Along with offering all private rooms, according to the media release renovations will include &#8220;a new main entrance for the Emergency Department and Heart &amp; Vascular Institute; a new lobby/cafeteria/registration and reception area; and a new structure to house the radiology department and a patient unit.&#8221;</p><p>Once completed, Regional will become the medical/surgical/cardiology center for the campus, while Moses Taylor will be a specialty hospital housing Women&#8217;s &amp; Children&#8217;s Hospital and the Commonwealth Health Orthopaedic Institute.</p><p>Regional will have 50 more beds in the emergency department and a helicopter landing pad on the roof.</p><p>All told, the project is expected to be completed by 2020 or sooner.</p><style>
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$80 million project will unify Moses Taylor, Regional hospitals in Scranton