ALEXANDRIA BAY, New York (WWNY) - Just like that, they broke ground.

“River Hospital is very excited. I think the community is very excited,” said Kelley Tiernan.

She is the River Hospital CEO, and the excitement she’s referring to centers around this: the River Hospital Modernization Project.

“The hospital has a great bond with the community and feels an obligation to serve our immediate markets as well as our secondary markets,” said Tiernan.

Using nearly $11 million in state funds, the project will make several major improvements to the hospital.

The most noticeable of which is the construction of larger patient rooms. Those will include private bathrooms and showers with better accessibility for those with disabilities.

Tiernan is confident that those who use the hospital’s servi

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