Weiser hospital celebrates completion of new wing

After over a year of construction, Weiser Memorial Hospital’s $3.5 million, 4,600-square foot expansion is nearly complete.
 The hospital held a grand opening ceremony in front of the new wing on Friday, July 1 to commemorate the event.
 Built on the west side of the hospital, the new expansion will enhance capabilities. 
 The project is in line with the hospital’s vision of, “People serving the community, getting, results, here for the future.”
 Weiser Memorial Hospital Foundation board members, stakeholders, and hospital administration attended Friday’s event.
 “We continue to look to the future and provide the most up to date facilities and equipment for our patients,” said Steven Hale, the hospital’s CEO. “Our mission is to save lives, improve health, and build community and I believe this new wing will absolutely help us do those things now and moving forward.”
 A groundbreaking ceremony was held on June 14, 2021, with construction beginning soon after.
 The new wing brings six new patient rooms, two of them isolation rooms, a nurse’s station, an activities room, and “facility needed room.”
 The isolation rooms became a priority during the pandemic and will give hospital staff the ability to treat patients with various diseases.
 “We will have two complete isolation rooms, with an ante room so that patients that do have an infectious disease can be properly taken care of and protect staff at the same time, and allow us to keep them here when appropriate,” said Hale last year.”
 The hospital has only seen two additions in its 70-year history: A new surgical wing was constructed in 1985 and a surgical specialty clinic added in 1991.
 Continued expansion is important to growing communities where people seek good schools and quality hospital and medical care.
 The project has long been a part of a larger strategic vision for Weiser Memorial Hospital. 
 “We have developed long-term goals and we strive to find ways to make them happen,” said WMH CFO, Pam Stampfli, in 2021. “We looked to a few funding options for this construction and ultimately determined we would be able to utilize operational money and not have to finance,” Stampfli added.
 Andersen Construction was tasked with doing the build and construction has been moving forward since then. Only a few finishing touches and tests need to be done before the new addition will welcome patients, according to the hospital.
 “Andersen Construction has been a wonderful company to work with during this expansion build,” said WMH Facilities Manager, David Belford.
 Weiser Memorial Hospital is a 25 bed, Critical Access Hospital serving Washington County and the surrounding area. Since its founding in 1950, the hospital has continued to change and grow to better care for their patients, families, staff, and communities. Visit www.weisermemorialhospital.org to learn more.
 Andersen Construction of Boise was founded in 1950 and has the same goal today as it did then: to build a project the client and entire design and construction team is proud of. Their relationship-based approach to contracting and expertise in concrete construction has propelled their growth and provided an increasing number of building opportunities. 

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