Lehigh Valley Hospital–Gilbertsville

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Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) is planning a new hospital and health center in Douglass Township, Montgomery County. We’re bringing LVHN’s legacy of expert, compassionate care closer to where you live and work.

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Lehigh Valley Hospital–Gilbertsville rendering
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Gilbertsville rendering, front entrance
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Lehigh Valley Hospital–Gilbertsville rendering, emergency entrance
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Gilbertsville rendering, emergency entrance
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Medical Offices at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Gilbertsville rendering
Medical Offices at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Gilbertsville rendering
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Health Center at Gilbertsville (rendering)
Health Center at Gilbertsville (rendering)

Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH)–Gilbertsville will be a licensed and accredited acute care hospital, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, housed in a state-of-the-art 22,000-square-foot facility with a full-service emergency room.

There will be 10 inpatient beds for those requiring overnight hospital stays for additional care, observation or testing. If you arrive at LVH–Gilbertsville with more acute medical problems, or require surgery, you would be stabilized and transported to a larger LVHN hospital with increased care capability.

Frequently Asked Questions

This will be a licensed and accredited acute care hospital, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, housed in a state-of-the-art 60,000-square-foot facility with a full-service emergency room. The hospital will be staffed with board-certified/board-eligible physicians and emergency trained nurses.

This hospital has a full-service ER, but a limited number of inpatient beds, about a dozen. Hospitals of this size and composition are traditionally known in the health care industry as community or neighborhood hospitals.

Yes. The inpatient beds are for those requiring overnight hospital stays, for additional care, observation and testing. Someone arriving at LVH–Gilbertsville with more acute medical problems, or requiring surgery, would be stabilized and transported to a larger LVHN hospital with increased care capability.

Shorter emergency department wait times, faster inpatient admission and reduced length of stay are three key advantages.

In-house hospital services will include lab, imaging and pharmacy. Imaging services, including X-ray, ultrasound, CT scan and MRI, also will be offered on an outpatient basis.

We anticipate opening LVH–Gilbertsville in 2024.

This building, Health Center at Gilbertsville, will house HNL Lab Medicine, Lehigh Valley Physician Group (LVPG) Primary Care, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopedics and Cardiology.

In addition, the building will house Breast Health Services, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Vascular Diagnostic Testing and Adult and Pediatric Rehabilitation.