Officials were on hand today at the new surgical wing of United Memorial Medical Center for the setting of the cornerstone.
Above, masons Ken Maurer, left, and Jeff Crevier, set the cornerstone into place.
The expansion project represents a $19.5 million investment by the hospital. It will contain five new technologically advanced operating suites, a treatment room and 19 recovery beds. The project is scheduled to be finished by Dec. 15.
After the brief ceremony, guests were invited to tour the still-under-construction facility.
More pictures after the jump:
CEO Mark Schoell addresses the group on hand for the cornerstone setting.
Schnoell with Rev. Ken Comer watching Maure and Crevier place the cornerstone.
Brian and Michelle Trott are to the left in this picture with their children Brandon and Ashley. Michelle is the architect for the UMMC expansion. She was born at UMMC and her parents still reside in Bethany. Brian is the architect for Pembroke Central Schools.
Schoell called this "the big room." It's the biggest of the surgery suites.
