Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced today that the State Bond Commission is expected to approve $8.4 million for the construction of a new medical center adjacent to Windham Hospital that will serve patients throughout eastern Connecticut and create an estimated 125 construction jobs.
The new 30,000 square-foot facility will sit on 2.5 acres and be home to various hospital services and dozens of primary care physicians, medical oncologists, physical therapists and rehabilitators, laboratory workers, orthopedic surgeons and general surgeons, Malloy said. Â
Groundbreaking on the project is expected to begin later this summer, with completion expected in the fall of 2012.
The State Bond Commission is expected to approve the funding when it meets Friday.
 “Like Bioscience Connecticut in Farmington, the construction of new space for Windham Hospital will provide construction jobs in the near-term, and sustained economic growth in the longer-term as doctors and others move to the area to open their practice,” said Malloy, who unvieldd the investment at a press conference in Windham Tuesday afternoon. “This new building serves an economic purpose, as well as an important public health need, and I’m pleased to be with Senator Williams, Representative Johnson and others to support this.”
Windham Hospital is a non-profit, acute-care care hospital serving 19 eastern Connecticut towns. It has 131 beds, conducts nearly 4,000 surgeries annually, and is affiliated with Hartford Healthcare.
