 That first small building was expanded in 1916 to accommodate the growing area and renamed Middlesex General Hospital.In 1958, an addition to the hospital was built that housed the first vascular lab in New Jersey, an intensive care unit, cardiopulmonary lab, a thirteen-room operating suite, and increased the number of beds by 287.At this time, the Department of Clinical Research was established, X-ray technologist training began, and the hospital auxiliary was founded.