KENNEWICK, Wash.– Kennewick General Hospital is one step closer to a future expansion.
The hospital got its certificate of need approved from the state. Now the hospital can apply for a loan from the Federal Housing Administration for more funding.
KGH leaders plan to build a new facility on the 40 acres of land known as the Southridge campus. The hospital’s CEO says having a new facility will also help our local job market.
“We’ll be creating Read the rest of this entry »

expansion. The project added four stories to an existing
one-story and basement structure. The new five-story tower significantly
increased the hospital’s size and allowed for upgraded technology
throughout the hospital including facility-wide wireless monitoring of
patients.
The new five-story tower and its 70,000 square feet adds 114 new private
patient rooms including, 24 new beds to the Intensive Care Unit, 60 private
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MADISON —The Department of Corrections received state approval for plans to expand Taycheedah Correctional Institution’s mental health facilities.
Department officials called the expansion their “number one priority” for the current budget period,
The federal government has threatened to sue the state if it doesn’t makes the mental health facilities at the women’s prison equal to those at men’s prisons in the state.
A year ago, then U.S. Attorney Read the rest of this entry »

Expansion Of SCHIP Passes, Millions Of Kids Get Health Insurance
Washington (dbTechno) – The Senate has agreed with the House and has approved an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), supplying millions of low-income children with health insurance.
The Senate voted 66-32 in favor of the expansion of the childrens’ health insurance program.
The idea is to help families who earn too much money to fall Read the rest of this entry »

Northeast Georgia Medical Center isn’t the only local hospital that’s undergoing major changes.
Habersham Medical Center in Demorest is putting the finishing touches on a $38.6 million expansion that includes a dramatic new entrance, a 17-room emergency department and a 24-bed outpatient surgery center.
To match its new image, the hospital has dropped the word “county” from its name.
“We felt the name was no longer reflective of Read the rest of this entry »

The hospital treated 17 passengers in the Sept. 12 Metrolink crash, which killed 25 people. Seventeen more patients were treated for injuries and illnesses from last month’s wildfires. But on Tuesday, Kurcz said 23 of the hospital’s 31 emergency room beds were already occupied.
“God forbid, if today was the Metrolink day, we wouldn’t be able to do that,” she said.
Already, the hospital is regularly turning away ambulances, she said. Although there Read the rest of this entry »

Plans to significantly expand one of Minnesota’s oldest hospitals have been put on the back burner until the economy improves.
Officials from Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater were expected to seek approval from the Stillwater City Council early this year for their 20-year expansion plan. Now the four-phase project has been postponed because of the economy.
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A Stillwater hospital’s big plans are on hold until the economy improves.
Leaders of Lakeview have decided to wait until January or February to ask the city council to approve the first two phases of their long-term expansion plans.
Construction cost estimates for the four-phase project now are about 15 percent higher than expected, said Jeff Robertson, CEO of Lakeview Health System, the hospital’s parent company. In addition, some indicators Read the rest of this entry »

The hospital treated 17 passengers in the Sept. 12 Metrolink crash, which killed 25 people. Seventeen more patients were treated for injuries and illnesses from last month’s wildfires. But on Tuesday, Kurcz said 23 of the hospital’s 31 emergency room beds were already occupied.
“God forbid, if today was the Metrolink day, we wouldn’t be able to do that,” she said.
Already, the hospital is regularly turning away ambulances, she said. Although there Read the rest of this entry »

Life Time Fitness’ expansion pulse may slow a little in 2009.
(NYSE:LTM) had planned to open 11 new fitness centers in 2009, but in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing released Monday, the company said it had decided to open only six. Life Time Officials also discussed the changes in its most recent quarterly call with analysts. Citing tight credit markets and declining economic conditions, Life Time said it would consider opening Read the rest of this entry »