EGG HARBOR TWP., NJ — Virtua Health is opening a new $8.5 million medical building in Egg Harbor Township and has also expanded an existing Hammonton location, moves the health system said represent 40 percent growth of its Atlantic County footprint.
The new Virtua Health Pavilion - Egg Harbor Township is a 19,000-square-foot facility at 3121 Fire Road, at the Lidl plaza. Virtua said the site includes primary care, including behavioral health services, along with cardiology, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, gastroenterology, nephrology, pulmonology and sleep medicine, surgery consultation and follow-up, and an outpatient lab for both Virtua and non-Virtua patients.
An opening celebration is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 16, at the new Egg Harbor Township site.
According to the announcement, CEO remarks, a "surfboard signing" ceremony and refreshments are planned from 10 to 11:30 a.m., followed by public tours and a health fair with free screenings from noon to 3 p.m. Children and adults also can receive free flu shots aboard Virtua's Pediatric Mobile Services van. The event will be held outdoors, rain or shine, under a heated tent.
"Virtua's new Egg Harbor Township Pavilion is our most significant site in Atlantic County," said Virtua President and CEO Dennis W. Pullin, FACHE. "It demonstrates a major investment in the area, with an array of high-quality, specialized care all under one roof. We're thrilled to extend Virtua's compassionate, patient-centered care in this region."
Virtua, which is based in Marlton, said it has historically served Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties. The health system said the Atlantic County expansion is intended to improve access to primary and specialized care for people in Atlantic County and surrounding areas.
The announcement also detailed a separate expansion this month at Virtua's existing medical office at 75 S. White Horse Pike in Hammonton. That site has grown by 11,000 square feet, according to the announcement, with the addition of Virtua Reconstructive Orthopedics, Virtua OrthoExpress and Virtua Urgent Care.
Virtua said the Hammonton location now offers walk-in orthopedic care, urgent care seven days a week including holidays, and orthopedic specialties including foot and ankle, hand and wrist, hip and knee replacement, interventional spine, rheumatology, sports medicine, sports medicine surgery and spine surgery. Those services join existing primary care, ob/gyn and nephrology offices at the site, as well as the Strive and Virtua Health Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation center in the same shopping center.
According to the announcement, the surfboard used in the Egg Harbor Township ceremony will later become part of the office's décor.
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