Sheathing Going On At MCHC
Work continues to progress on the new nursing home at Mountrail County Health Center. The sheathing has been underway the past few weeks, starting to enclose the new nursing home area. This will allow workers to start the interior framing. New canopy steel for the main entrance has also been installed. Work continues to remain on schedule or even ahead in some areas, despite winter weather.
The first phase of the construction will be a new 36 bed nursing home, including ten basic care rooms, the same number of beds as the current nursing home. This Nursing Home phase is expected to take roughly two years and once completed will come up to where the current north wing is located.
On the hospital side, renovations will start with a new entrance near the existing sunroom at Mountrail Bethel Home (MBH). There will be a gift shop and a new waiting room. Construction down the current south wing of the nursing home will include adding an out-patient infusion suite, pharmacy suite and an MRI suite.
Purchasing will be moving from the basement to the upper level. The downstairs area will be renovated to accommodate a new specialty clinic that will allow the facility to bring in more specialists. It will also include a minor procedure room.
The ambulance bay by the emergency room will be extended to accommodate the larger sizes of the newer ambulances.
They will also be adding seven new apartments to Rosen Place. The assisted living facility currently has a waiting list of 31, showing the need for the new apartments. These will all be single apartments based on the footprint space available. These apartments will be located along the rest of the current south wing of the nursing home. The Rosen Place addition is the final part of construction.
The Mountrail County Health Foundation Partnering For The Future Campaign continues to accept donations from the public including the ability to donate on their website: www.mountrailcountyhealthfoundation.org/how-you-can-help.