AHN announces closing date, relocation for New Kensington outpatient center
Allegheny Health Network said Thursday it will move its outpatient center from the former Citizens General Hospital to Kensington Square in New Kensington later this year.
The new location at 1B Kensington Square is on Eighth Street, across from Central City Plaza.
“After an exhaustive search and assessment of available sites in the New Kensington area, we believe we have found an ideal new community location for the outpatient diagnostic programs we offer that is convenient and accessible for our patients,” said Dr. Vicenta Gaspar-Yoo, president of AHN’s Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison.
The move from the former hospital to the new location is expected to begin Nov. 19, when services will be suspended, AHN said. The new location will open on Dec. 6.
While services are suspended, AHN encourages patients to visit Allegheny Valley Hospital or its neighborhood hospital in Harmar for health and medical needs.
The outpatient center, offering laboratory, medical imaging and cardiology services, has been in the former Citizens General since November 2000, when the hospital closed. It occupies less than a sixth of the building that the network is leasing.
AHN first announced in April that it would close the outpatient center in May. Shortly after, the health network said it was delaying the closing and had extended its lease for six months, pushing the closing date into November, while it looked for another location.
When the outpatient center closes, the former hospital building will be vacant, an AHN spokeswoman said.
Brian C. Rittmeyer, a Pittsburgh native and graduate of Penn State University's Schreyer Honors College, has been with the Trib since December 2000. He can be reached at brittmeyer@triblive.com.
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