Parkview Hospital Randallia will open its new Entrance 2 on Thursday.

The renovated area opens on the building's west side off Randallia Drive.

The new entrance is part of Parkview's five-year, $55 million investment in the Randallia Campus, which was announced in October 2014. It provides patients and visitors easier access to the hospital's Family Birthing Center and outpatient therapy areas, which were updated as part of the project.

The investment, which is being made to help meet overflow demand at Parkview Regional Medical Center, includes creating five additional surgery suites, adding a cardiac catheterization lab and expanding critical care services, the Center for Wound Healing and the Center on Aging and Health.

Parkview estimated the project will lead to 150 new jobs, including nurses, technicians and food service workers.

– Sherry Slater, The Journal Gazette