One of the new projects supported by the Miracles campaign, the new $2.5 million Emergency Department at Saint Clare’s Hospital/Sussex, opened at a festive “ribbon cutting” ceremony on January 31, attended by nearly 100 administrators, staff, donors, elected officials and media.

The new 4,000 square-foot facility offers a new nurse’s station, upgraded treatment rooms, a new triage area, enlarged patient entry and ambulance access areas, an upgraded trauma room, and an all-new treatment room dedicated to cardiac trauma.

Of the $2.5 million construction cost, $1.75 million was raised from private funds. Over the past several years, some 115 individuals, corporations, organizations and events have made a gift towards this new facility as part of Saint Clare’s Health System’s Miracles capital campaign. Fundraising continues for this new facility and any new donations will be allocated to its annual operational costs.

Saint Clare’s Health System officially dedicated the new Emergency Department at its Sussex campus. Shown here cutting the ribbon opening this new facility are (front row, l-r) Lee Trimble and Ginnie Littell, members of the Saint Clare’s Hospital/Sussex Community Advisory Board; Stephen Bocskocsky, Vice President of Saint Clare’s Hospital/Sussex; Katharine Little, Mayor of Sussex Borough; and Gary J. Blan, President and CEO of Saint Clare’s Health System. (Back row, l-r) Sussex County Freeholders Steve Oroho and Hal Wirths.

“From its founding in 1918 as the Alexander Linn Hospital, Saint Clare’s Hospital/Sussex has been an important part of the fabric of Sussex County. In recent years we have provided much-needed medical services to Sussex County’s growing population,” said Stephen Bocskocsky, Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the Sussex hospital. “As the only hospital serving northern Sussex County, we share the community’s desire to have a vibrant, technologically superior hospital in the community. Our Emergency Department currently cares for nearly 10,000 patients each year, and we anticipate this number to rise as more and more people settle into our communities. This new Emergency Department is the initial step in a complete transformation of the facility, and a sign of our continued commitment to serving the medical needs of the region.”

“Saint Clare’s Health System is meeting the challenges of growth and expansion in our communities by providing the highest quality of service to those who come to us for care,” said Gary J. Blan, President and CEO of Saint Clare’s Health System. “The new ED at Saint Clare’s Hospital/Sussex, coupled with an additional $1 million in exterior and interior renovations and $1 million in technology upgrades, has and will continue to place the facility in a position to make a deeper and more positive impact on healthcare services. We remain dedicated to providing leading-edge medical care to our neighbors.”

Saint Clare’s Health System, which has served the healthcare needs of northwestern New Jersey residents since 1895, is the region’s premier provider of community-based healthcare and behavioral health services. Saint Clare’s operates hospitals in Boonton Township, Denville, Dover and Sussex Borough and other facilities located throughout Morris and Sussex counties.

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