PHASE ONE OF HOSPITAL RENOVATION ALMOST COMPLETE
September 19, 2007

Patients and staff at Stephens County Hospital only have to wait about three more weeks for phase one of the hospital’s construction project to be finished.

"It’s more than a face lift. It's really a renovation project," Hospital Administrator Ed Gambrell said. "We've gutted the area from floor to ceiling and are rebuilding. So, everything will be brand-new and state-of-the-art, including the air system. We're putting in new head walls, the unit at the head of a patient bed, so everything will be brand new in it," he concluded.

Phase 1, which began in January, saw an overhaul to the second and third floors near the cafeteria end of the hospital. This phase is the longest because of the air conditioning work that had to be done.

Gambrell says the entire $5.3 million project will be completed by June or July.

Phase 2 and phase three, encompassing the rest of the hospital will not take as long as the first phase has, he says.