CORTLANDT — Hudson Valley Hospital Center unveiled two new operating rooms Tuesday as part of its $100 million renovation and expansion project.

Hospital CEO and President John Federspiel was joined at the ribbon-cutting by politicians from Peekskill, Cortlandt and Yorktown, as well as Chairman for Surgery Dr. Jack Yee, who used a scalpel to cut the ribbon.

The new operating rooms are twice as large as regular operating rooms in order to accommodate the large equipment needed for minimally invasive procedures. The new facility also includes a bigger and brighter recovery suite for patients.

The new operating rooms are part of the third phase of construction at the hospital that included a progressive care unit completed 18 months ago and physical therapy and occupational therapy suites finished late last year, Federspiel said.
A new four-story patient tower will open in June and the last piece of the project, a new comprehensive cancer center, will begin construction in the spring.
Also unveiled this week at the hospital is a new parking garage featuring 450 additional parking spaces.

The new operating rooms offer surgeons high-definition video capabilities and are nearly twice the size of existing operating rooms. They are designed to accommodate larger state-of-the-art equipment for minimally invasive procedures.

Yee said the new facilities will make his staff’s work easier.
“We’re doing more minimally invasive surgeries; we do surgeries through cameras and small incisions, so these rooms are equipped with high-definition monitors so that the picture quality will be unmatched,” Yee said.

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