 A Certificate of Need was
granted for a $50 million hospital project that will be
constructed on a 58-acre site located west of Business Loop
55 in Lincoln. Groundbreaking is planned for later this
spring, with construction expected to take about 20 months.
"We are very pleased that
the planning board approved our application to construct a
new hospital," said Dolan Dalpoas, ALMH president and CEO. "This action is a significant step forward in our journey to
ensure that the next generation of Logan County residents
has access to quality health care facilities."
The proposed structure is
approximately 116,000 square feet and affords space for all
outpatient services on the ground floor. The 25 private
inpatient rooms will be located on a second story.
"The scope of ALMH and what
it offers to the community will not change," Dalpoas said. "Every patient who currently receives care, from the
obstetrics patient to the surgical patient, would have
access to an advanced level of patient-centered care that
would be made available through a new hospital. What
will change is the manner in which the care is delivered."
A replacement hospital was
one of many options first explored by ALMH and its board of
directors when they began an architectural assessment of the
facility five years ago. They decided in September 2006,
after numerous surveys and community focus group meetings,
that constructing an all-new hospital would best allow ALMH
to preserve its mission.
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When new in 1954, ALMH treated well
over 100 inpatients daily with few -- if any -- outpatient procedures
offered. The daily inpatient average has dropped to 14, while nearly
160 outpatient procedures are performed at ALMH daily. More than
60,000 outpatient visits are expected in the current fiscal year,
which ends Sept. 30.
[Text from file received from
Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital]
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