New 120-bed state hospital for the chronically ill to be built in Smyrna

A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Aug. 21 to mark the start of construction on a new state hospital for the chronically ill.

The new building will be built next to the current hospital on Sunnyside Road in Smyrna, just west of Route 13.

Delaware officials announced the details of the hospital including the size and the new concept in resident care.

Delaware’s “most vulnerable” residents will have a new long-term care hospital in about two years in Smyrna in what state officials say will be more like a home and less like an institution.

State and federal leaders celebrated with staff members and residents outside the Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill in Smyrna on Aug. 21 at the groundbreaking for the new hospital. It will be built next to the current facility on Sunnyside