A modern new wing is now open at the Paterson Medical Clinic on Tunnel Island.
The expansion has been in the works for a couple of years.
Chair of the medical center board, Don Parfitt says the newbuilding has two floors with the possibility of further expansion.
Parfitt says the medical center is also the recipient of anothergrant from the Paterson Foundation.
The Thunder Bay based organization has matched its original500 thousand dollar contribution to help build the new wing.