Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
WORLAND — Banner Health project manager Brad McCaslin gave his final quarterly update to the Washakie County Commission on Tuesday, and announced a grand opening date for the Washakie Medical Center.
Washakie Medical Center broke ground on the $23.4 million construction project June 16, 2015.
Additions to the hospital include: a new patient wing with 12 patient rooms and 16 beds, plus two labor and delivery rooms dedicated to obstetrics. Rooms are larger with some accommodating double occupancy based on demand to provide a total of 18 licensed beds; a new surgical suite with two large, state-of-the-art operating rooms and one endoscopy suite; new pre-operative and post-operative recovery areas; renovations to accommodate a new Emergency department; expanded, new laboratory and pharmacy; new respiratory therapy, chemotherapy and endoscopy areas and a renovated front entry with impacts to the admitting, business office, waiting room and gift shop.
McCaslin announced that a grand opening will be from 5p.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 10, with refreshments, tours, guest speakers and ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Coming in at a final cost of just over $18 million, McCaslin noted that the project still has the final phase left, including finishing the parking areas, finalizing the signage and landscaping and installing the infant security system for newborns.
“Sometimes things have been a bit challenging [with the project], but I think we have a really nice facility here,” said Commissioner Aaron Anderson, in congratulating the county and Banner Health.
In other business, the commission heard from Youth Alternatives Sarah Garcia, who announced that the department will begin life skills classes for teenagers soon, and is in the process of seeking grants from Rocky Mountain Power and Wyoming Community Foundation to help fund programs in 2018.
Funded largely by federal grants, in addition to county funding, Youth Alternatives offers counseling for self-enrolled juveniles, as well as those court ordered to seek guidance, and specializes in a variety of coursework, from shoplifting counseling to drug and alcohol education and counseling.