If you drive by Warner Hospital, you will notice the completion of the much-anticipated west side entrance. 

On the WHOW Morning Show Thursday, CEO Paul Skowron told Regional Radio the entrance is completed and awaits approval from the Illinois Department of Public Health to get its stamp of approval before it will be operational.

Skowron reminds the west side entrance will give access to the specialty clinic. The benefit of this new entrance will be eliminating the touring of the hospital facility for patients seeing its specialists.

The new parking lot on the west side is in use - currently by specialty providers. Skowron adds the signage on the west will indicate to patients where to go.

The to upgrade the west side entrance was $650,000. Skowron hopes to have the IDPH inspection completed in the next week, if not, in two.