Hospital celebrates new facility
By ELISE FRANCO
The new Mahoning Valley Hospital building opens to patients a week from today.
BOARDMAN — The CEO of the Mahoning Valley Hospital attributed the success of the building and completion of the new hospital facility to three groups — employees, physicians and the board of trustees.
“I have the dream job, because I have the dream team,” Michael Senchak, MVH president and chief executive officer, said. “[They] set the table for what we do at Mahoning Valley Hospital.”
A group of about 20 people involved in the planning and building of the new Mahoning Valley Hospital cut the ribbon Monday morning to celebrate the finished project.
The new hospital building, located at 8049 South Ave., is a $12 million specialized facility.
It will have 28 private rooms and be open to the public Oct. 7.
Senchak said out of the 50 companies that had a hand in bringing the project to life, 43 were local.
“When you look at a project like this ... we took great pride in the fact that we tried to focus it as a local project, a community project,” he said.
MVH Chief of Staff Larry Goldstein said the new hospital will allow employees and physicians at MVH to provide the best care for patients.
“It’s a phenomenal facility,” he said. “And it’s always been patient-oriented, not financially driven.”
Janet Shoemaker, provider relations director for MVH, said the hospital treats patients who need long-term, acute care.
“Our patients have medically complex conditions that require three to four weeks of additional hospital-level care,” she said.
Senchak said the hospital is a critical part of the area because it brings in patients from the tri-county area and beyond.
“Because of our mission and the types of patients and the demographic, we serve those up to 60 miles,” he said.
Shoemaker said the Mahoning Valley Hospital, which is a nonprofit organization, opened in 1999 and was located in the former South Side Hospital in Youngstown.
The facility was recently purchased by Progressive Health Care, out of Charleston, S.C., Senchak said.
“We anticipate an extremely seamless transition,” Senchak said.