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Putnam Hospital Opens New Center
Putnam County Press
June 26, 2008
Amidst dignitaries and politicians, a ribbon-cutting
ceremony celebrating the new Camarda Care Center
at Putnam Hospital Center was held on Thursday, June
26, 2008. The new patient building adjacent to the
hospital is named for the family of local developer
and philanthropist Paul Camarda.
The beautiful five-story, 113,000 square foot Camarda
Care Center will house the Wagner Cancer Pavilion—the
hospital’s new state-of-the-art cancer center
with enhanced radiation therapy services in the Agarwal
Center for Radiation Oncology—as well as 70
private patient rooms, physician offices, a new main
lobby and a conference center in the Michael T. Weber
Community Auditorium for hospital and community use.
Currently, the Carmel hospital, a 164-bed healthcare
facility, offers the highest quality medical care
to a growing population of more than 150,000 men,
women and children who live and work in Putnam, northern
Westchester and southern Dutchess counties—one
of the fastest growing areas in the state. To keep
pace with extraordinary growth and the medical needs
of the community, a master facilities plan project
was undertaken in 2005 to help determine the future
direction of the hospital. The result was a $34 million
major capital improvements project that included
the construction of the new patient building, renovation
of 20,000 square feet of existing space and the creation
of 400 additional parking spaces.
The entire project was funded by Putnam Hospital
Center through a combination of structured borrowing
and fundraising through a major capital campaign—The
Campaign for Tomorrow.
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