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ANOTHER LGH PLANS AHEAD
COMPARE & CONTRAST
Lancaster General Hospital is relocating its helipad for two years while it builds a new patient tower.
The temporary helipad will be at a parking lot in the 600 block of North Duke Street.
Workers are preparing the site, which should be complete by next Friday, according to spokeswoman Rosanne Placey.
Helicopter flights will begin landing there shortly afterward.
The hospital must provide helicopter service to maintain its accreditation as an Adult Level II trauma center by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation.
Trauma centers have staff, equipment and other resources available around the clock to treat the most serious life-threatening and disabling injuries.
Level II trauma centers treat at least 350 per year.
Level I centers require an annual volume of 600 patients, trauma research and a surgical residency program.
Placey said the foundation has approved the temporary location. The move won’t add significant time to get a patient to the trauma center, she said.
An average of 12 helicopter landings are expected a month, based on landings over the past three years, according to Placey.
On average, three landings a month involve trauma patients; the rest are for transfers of critically ill patients to other specialty hospitals.
Placey said nearby residents, churches and businesses have been notified of the plans. LG Health also owns a good deal of property in the area.
After LG Health completes building an eight-story patient tower at North Lime and East Frederick streets, the helipad will be moved to the roof there.
The health system’s $60 million expansion would enable the hospital to provide 66 private patient rooms.
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