Butler (PA) Memorial Hospital to open new ER

Butler (PA) Memorial Hospital's new emergency room is scheduled to open May 5. The ER project is one part in a $155 million multiyear, multi-element expansion and upgrade of the health system's facilities. The upgraded ED will be 50 percent larger than the current facility and include an additional 10 beds. The biggest element of the expansion is a $140 million acute care tower that is expected to open in December 2009.