Prisma Health begins $13M expansion in Seneca

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Prisma Health this week began the official construction phase of a $13 million expansion for its emergency department at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital in Seneca.

The expansion will more than double the space available to treat patients from 8,400 square feet to 21,500 square feet, according to a news release.

“With this expansion, we will be able to provide for increased patient volumes, allow for upgraded equipment and technology while caring for patients in a healing and comfortable environment,” Hunter Kome, Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital CEO, said in the news release. “This expansion will give us the capacity to care for this community for years to come.”

Prisma Health and community members celebrated with a groundbreaking ceremony, with construction beginning right away and a schedule that calls for completion in 2023. The work will include 25 new individual treatment rooms, advanced technology and equipment and more space for doctors and nurses, according to the release.

“This would not be possible without support from our local businesses and residents,” Cortni Nations, manager of the Oconee Memorial Hospital Foundation, said in the release. “Members of our community have come together to raise more than $700,000 toward our million-dollar goal. We are grateful for the teamwork that has made tremendous progress on a big goal.”

Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital typically cares for about 40,000 patients in its emergency department area each year and the expansion will provide capacity to see up to 55,000 patients annually, the release said.

With 18 hospitals and more than 300 physician practice sites, not-for-profit Prisma Health is the largest health care system in South Carolina.