Lehigh Valley Hospital\u2014Dickson City officials announced Saturday engineers determined the facility\u2019s main building remains structurally sound after a Wednesday fire that destroyed an orthopedic wing in an adjacent building.<\/p>\n
\u201cRestoration crews continue to work around the clock, in close coordination with hospital leadership and regulatory agencies, to support a safe and timely return to full hospital operations,\u201d hospital officials said in a statement. \u201cThe system\u2019s top priority remains restoration of emergency services, recognizing how essential these resources are and how deeply the community relies on the care provided at LVH\u2013Dickson City. \u201c<\/p>\n
Joseph G. Cacchione, MD, CEO of Jefferson Health, expressed gratitude for the support of the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to again extend my sincere thanks to the first responders whose swift actions protected our patients, visitors, colleagues, and the surrounding community, as well as to our dedicated teams who have worked tirelessly in the aftermath. Their commitment and resilience continue to guide our efforts as we move forward together,\u201d Cacchione said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe continue to focus on minimizing disruption and ensuring patients receive the care they need without delay,\u201d said Baligh R. Yehia, MD, MPP, MSc, president of Jefferson Health.<\/p>\n
Beginning Tuesday, LVPG Orthopedics & Sports Medicine office locations will open at 300 Lackawanna Ave., Suite 200, Scranton;\u00a0267 Brooklyn St., Carbondale; 1120 Oak St., Pittston; 5 Morgan Highway, Scranton. Patients may call 570-307-1767 for all locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lehigh Valley Hospital\u2014Dickson City officials announced Saturday engineers determined the facility\u2019s main building remains structurally sound after a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[202,1099,1057,201,182,139,28,178,180,179,181],"class_list":["post-108043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-dickson-city","tag-health","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-top-stories-stt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}