City Council President Anna Verna and Councilman James Kenney Celebrate the Opening of a New Patient Floor at Methodist Hospital

City Council President Anna Verna, second from left, and Councilman James Kenney, third from left, hoist the giant scissors that were used to cut the ribbon that formally opened the newest patient floor of Methodist Hospital. Joining them are Tom Lewis, president and CEO, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, left, and Methodist Hospital Chief Administrative Officer James Robinson, right. They joined employees in a celebration that marked the culmination of a remarkable top-to-bottom expansion and renovation of facilities and patient rooms. The new floor has 24 private rooms, with each room featuring its own shower, an exterior window and ambient lighting.