Officials gathered Wednesday for a groundbreaking on the construction of a 5,000-square-foot expansion to the Cedar City Hospital emergency room. It is the first project for the hospital since 2006.

Mather Hospital's new, expanded emergency department is set to open later this summer. The Port Jefferson-based Northwell Health hospital began construction on the new ER in May 2023 and is ...

The three-story expansion will house an upgraded and expanded emergency department on the first floor. The capacity of the hospital’s ER will go from 43 to 83, with 69 adult and 14 pediatric beds.