During the groundbreaking festivities, PA Rep. Matt Smith, left, and PA State Senator John Pippy (District 37), right, presented a $500,000 grant from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program for the expansion to Hospital officials G. Alan Yeasted, M.D., senior vice president and chief medical officer, and Mel Rex, Chairman, St. Clair Hospital Board of Directors.

Hospital and elected officials break ground in front of St. Clair Hospital's current Emergency Department for the $13.5 million expansion and renovation project.

St. Clair Hospital President & Chief Executive Officer James M. Collins (right) welcomes Congressman Tim Murphy.

Pennsylvania Department of Health Secretary Calvin B. Johnson, M.D., M.PH. was a guest speaker at the groundbreaking.

Representatives from five EMS agencies - Tri-Community South, Scott Township, Robinson Township, Medical Rescue Team South and Southbridge - were part of the day's festivities.

Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato congratulates St. Clair Hospital.

From left, Mt. Lebanon Commissioner, Keith Mulvihill, along with Christopher DeLuca, chairman of Emergency Medicine, and Peggy Furman, director of Emergency Services, listen to the speakers.