Doctors, nurses, and other staff members are preparing for the grand opening of the new-and-improved Marian Regional Medical Center on May 22.
Hospital President Chuck Cova said hospital staffers are currently going through training to “fully understand how we will function in the [new] building.” The hospital has hired 65 new employees since January and projects hiring a total of 200 new employees by the end of the year.
“The only thing missing are the patients,” he told the Sun in a recent interview.
Staffers will start moving patients on May 22, and all patients admitted to the Emergency Room past 8 a.m. will go to the new hospital, which is connected to the old facility on three levels including the basement and first and second floors.
This article appears in May 17-24, 2012.