CRHC Officials Prepare To Break Ground On A Two Year Expansion Project

On Friday, April 2nd at 1:00 pm, a groundbreaking event on the southeast corner Clarinda Regional Health Center’s (CRHC) campus will kick off a two-year campus expansion project that has been a topic of conversation for CRHC officials for the past several years.

The groundbreaking event will be outdoors and open to the public, with masks being required. Should the weather interfere, a rain date has been set for Monday, April 5th at 1pm. A short groundbreaking ceremony will be held on the southeast corner of the campus with some words about the project and its impact on our community. Representatives from the Construction management group will be onsite to answer questions and show design renderings.

The two-year project includes new parking, a new physical medicine and rehabilitation center, new surgery suite and expanded pre- and post-surgical area, new oncology clinic and infusion center, new specialty clinic, new expanded pharmacy, remodeled and expanded medical clinic area as well as additional office and education space.

CRHC Chief Nursing Officer, Tyler Hill, who has taken the lead on the development of the project states, “Providing space for our current services as well as being forward thinking enough to know additional spaces that will be needed as we add new services was our mindset for this project. Working with ACI (Architecture firm that designed the hospital) and Murray Company construction management firm, we have formulated a great layout and are now mapping out the steps towards completion. Each new area will allow us to move departments in a phased approach so the next remodel or build can start. It will be an exciting two years, and well worth any inconveniences.”

“With nearly 20,000 sq ft of new space between the new building and additions to the current hospital as well as another near 20,000 sq ft of remodel, this is a significant project. Tyler (Hill, CNO) has done a great job overseeing the project as has Joni Christensen, CFO handling the USDA applications and funding side and Amy Roop, Lara Nothwehr and Stacy Pulliam, and many others, all working with input from our medical staff to come up with innovative clinic designs. “As the project unfolds, now is when the work really starts. Each area impacted will begin reviewing processes and layout. Our goal will be to help our teams be as efficient as possible in their new spaces,” shared Chuck Nordyke, CRHC CEO.

Hill adds, “I think the community will be happy with the new and remodeled areas aesthetically and from a patient flow standpoint. We know everyone’s time is important and we want to be sensitive to that. I think we do a great job already, especially given the spatial limitations we face. This project allows us to improve on those throughput issues.”

Amy Roop, Director of Clinics stated, “With expanded areas for specialty clinic and oncology, we can add more providers and services here in Clarinda. Our goal is to be able to have our communities receive top notch healthcare close to home. This moves us further in that direction.”

To learn more about the expansion plans, see design renderings and floor plans and to stay up to date with changes on campus as construction begins, officials encourage the community to check out the expansion page on the CRHC website: ClarindaHealth.com/expansion-project

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