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NMC ER expansion delayed
Half of extension project completed in Sept.
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The expansion of Newton Medical Center’s Emergency Department has been postponed due to the inability to secure financing for the project from the still unstable financial market.The first half of the expansion project, which moved the hospital’s laboratory to the third floor to make room for a larger emergency department, was completed in September.Troy Brooks, chief financial officer of NMC, said no date has been set to resume construction work on the project."We will continue to monitor the pertinent factors involved and make a decision at some point in the future when the time is right to