The Hinsdale Hospital Foundation held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday night to kick off its fundraising campaign for a new Patient Pavilion to be added onto Adventist Hinsdale Hospital over the next 18 months. This new construction project, which is the first addition to the hospital building in more than 40 years, will be a 100,000-square-foot wing of private patient rooms. The wing will help provide comfort to patients by adding overnight accommodations for visitors, convenient access to a chapel, and high-tech advances such as Wi-Fi access for new birthing suites.

Susan King, executive director of the Hinsdale Hospital Foundation, believes that the hospital's expansion will benefit future generations upon its completion.  "The new construction also will feature improved surgical areas, and will give us an opportunity to deliver healthcare the way it should be," she said. 

Adventist Hinsdale Hospital has served the community for more than 100 years. It is the village's largest employer. The groundbreaking ceremony, which was held in the hospital's Dr. David B. Calandra Circle, hosted many supporters of the hospital's expansion. State Representative and Hinsdale resident Patti Bellock spoke on behalf of the fundraising campaign, applauding Hinsdale Hospital's "commitment to the quality of healthcare."

The Hinsdale Hospital Foundation is working on raising $70 million for this project and an additional $40 million for Phase two of the expansion—a new Outpatient & Cancer Treatment Center. Construction for the second phase will be begin after the new patient pavilion is completed. The center will offer the most advanced treatments for breast cancer and cardiac rehabilitation. The foundation will conduct a series of community focus groups, so it can create a center that best serves the people of Hinsdale.