Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital has opened 20 new, private medical-surgical beds to accommodate the hospital’s increased inpatient volumes, just over three years after the full-service facility opened in Orwigsburg.

“We’re continuing to invest in our community to enhance patients’ access to award-winning care,” said Gabe Kamarousky, the hospital’s president.

Adding the beds on the second floor brings the hospital’s total count to 60, which includes 10 existing Intensive Care Unit beds.

“Patients no longer have to travel outside of the area for this often lifesaving and life-enhancing care,” said Felicia Heath, MD, Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital’s vice president, medical affairs. “This hospital’s expansion is due to the excellent quality care our doctors, nurses, administrators, practitioners and support staff provide to their patients every day of the year in both ambulatory and in-hospital settings.”

Last fall, Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital added The Health Center, a 20,000-square-foot facility in West Pottsville. The Health Center includes Care Now urgent care services, Pottsville Primary Care, St. Luke’s Physical Therapy, Occupational Medicine and Laboratory services.

Joining Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital are urologists Peter Tucker, MD, George Boline, MD, and Frank D’Amico, MD, who will diagnose and treat benign prostatic hyperplasia, stone disease, void dysfunction, general urologic cancers and other conditions.

An interventional radiology suite is being installed next to the emergency room on the hospital’s first floor to introduce the non-surgical service to the area. Interventional radiology comprises minimally invasive, image-guided techniques to treat conditions such as fluid around the liver or lungs, and perform procedures like dialysis catheter placement and biopsies with just a pinprick through the skin.