CAMC To Add 180 New Jobs

Charleston Area Medical Center has announced plans to add 180 new employees to its hospital and health care facilities in Kanawha and Putnam Counties, W.Va. Hospital officials say the employment growth is needed to meet an increase in patients, volumes and services. The hospital now has about 4,800 workers, making it the third-largest private employer in West Virginia. The majority of new employees will work at CAMC General Hospital, where 24 additional intensive-care unit beds will be added on two floors next year. Workers also are needed at CAMC’s hospital in Putnam County and at Memorial Hospital’s new five-floor Robert C. Byrd Ambulatory Building in Kanawha City. The facility is expected to be completed next July.