(August 2011) - Town of Wallkill  - The move of 234 patients from the two old campuses of Orange Regional Medical Center to the new facility on East Main Street in the Town of Wallkill took eight hours as a caravan of community ambulances rolled up with in-patients.  Hospital officials were thrilled with the move. 

"Today is about patient safety," said hospital President Scott Batulis.  "We're getting right to work improving care for our patients and expanding and growing our services."  Board Chairman Louis Heimbach said area residents will get "first-class healthcare" at the new hospital, that he hopes residents never have to use, but just come to visit.  The new ORMC "will raise the level of healthcare many notches," Heimbach said.

Design-build company HBE Corporation President Fred Kummer handed the keys to Board Chairman Louis Heimbach in June.  The Hospital broke ground in 2008 and is the first replacement hospital to be built in the state in over 20 years.  The 600,000 square foot facility on 61 acres replaces ORMC's two campuses - Horton in Middletown and Arden Hill in Goshen.

The new Hospital includes 353 private patient rooms, 50 treatment bays in the emergency room, a level two trauma center in development, neonatal intensive care unit in development, cardiology services with three cardiac cath labs and indoor cardiac rehab track and a number of other sophisticated medical amenities.

ABOUT HBE: 

HBE Corporation is the nation’s leading designer and builder of hospitals, including replacement hospitals and hospital renovations and additions.  The company has designed and built more than 1,100 hospitals in 49 states, and is ranked as the number one hospital design-build firm in the United States.  Headquartered in St. Louis, HBE is one of the largest privately held companies in the Midwest with a staff of 400 people including architects, engineers and construction professionals.