Emergency room visits to Westbrook Community Hospital have increased from 2,000

Emergency room visits to Westbrook Community Hospital have increased from 2,000 in 1987 to 7,200 last year, prompting hospital officials to embark on a $13 million fund-raising drive for a major expansion and renovation -- The hospital in 1987 received two-thirds of its revenue from drug and alcohol treatment programs, but now concentrates on ambulatory surgery, emergency treatment and other outpatient services Detail