MINOCQUA, WI (WSAU-WXPR) — Marshfield Clinic Health System announced it has submitted an application to build a state-of-the-art hospital attached to its current clinic and ambulatory surgery center. The new 72,000 square foot facility would be one story.
Marshfield Clinic Regional Medical Director Dr. William Melms on what people can expect to see at the new hospital.
He said, “It is planned to have 12 inpatient beds, emergency services, imaging lab, and surgery. We are anticipating this to be a state-of-the-art hospital.”
Melms also says the technology will improve the inpatient and outpatient services they provide.
“In order to control the cost of care, in order to have the seamless delivery of care, we believe that the optimal way to do that is to be fully interrogated,” Melms said. “And, we believe that the economies that come from that are beneficial to all involved.”
Dr. Melms says construction will begin as soon as it goes through governmental channels and is likely to be completed in about a year. Construction costs have not been released. The new hospital will be built on what is now a parking lot next to the current clinic.
