Kaiser Permanente Hawaii will celebrate the opening of a new wing at its Moanalua medical center tomorrow with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, blessing and tours of the new facility.

The 176,000-square-foot, six-story addition is the first phase of a $157 million expansion project. New facilities and services available in the wing include an emergency department almost three times the size of the current department, 68 additional patient beds, eight operating rooms almost twice the size of existing rooms, a clinic lab and blood bank, central sterile department, surgery and perinatal units, and an educational conference center.

It is the first major renovation since the medical center opened in 1985. The event starts with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and blessing from 8:30 to 9 a.m., followed by entertainment by award-winning Hawaiian vocalist Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom.