Next weekend will be Greene County Medical Center’s grand opening of its expansion.

Chief Executive Officer Carl Behne tells Raccoon Valley Radio that he’s excited about their $22.5 million, 52,000-square foot addition is finally ready to open.

“I’m extremely excited.  I’m certainly not as excited as our staff, and our providers and I would guess most of the community.  It’s been a long process.  But I’m really looking forward to getting us over there and being able to deliver on our promise of better access, greater efficiencies and better privacy.”

The medical center first broke ground in April 2014 and the goal was to get it completed by early this spring.  However, a wet summer last year, pushed the project back.  He points out one highlight of the expansion is the changes to the emergency department.

“Obviously the ER (Emergency Room) is going to be very front and center.  So definitely pay attention here on the radio, local newspapers as well as Facebook and other social media, because we’ll have a lot of information coming out kind of early to middle of next week to start to share with the community.”

Initial plans include an open house for August 28th through the 30th.