The Wilmington Veterans Administration Medical Center have received $5.8 million in stimulus funds for upgrades and construction and an additional $7.1 million for two other significant construction projects.
The nearly $6 million dollars will provide funding to replace a service elevator, upgrade the secondary electrical distribution system, upgrade the heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system and upgrade and replace the Boiler Plant equipment.
The projects are scheduled to begin during the 2010 federal fiscal year, which began Oct. 1.
The Medical Center, off Kirkwood Highway in Elsmere, is starting two other large construction in FY 2010 worth $7.1 million. First, $2.9 million is being invested to add a third floor to its Outpatient Clinic Addition for the facility¹s Women¹s Health Program and its Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) program. Second, $4.2 million is being invested to renovate and expand the Medical
Center¹s Emergency Department.
The Medical Center is also in the middle of a $1.5 million dollar project to upgrade its Community Living Center, which will be completed by next summer.
