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Show New hospital to open May 1 The new Uintah County Hospital should be operational on May 1, according accor-ding to Ron Perry, hospital administrator. ad-ministrator. In a report before the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors' Direc-tors' meeting last week Perry said the new structrue will contain 33,000 square feet of space or a total of 41,000 sq. ft. including in-cluding the old structure converted to a new cafeteria and boiler room. The old hospital has 21,000 sq. ft. of space. Lynn Stevens, construction foreman for Interwest Construction Co. reported to the Chamber that a target date for the end of March had been set for finishing all major items and that the i Continued on Page 16) Hospital (Continued from Page 1) move-in will start at this time. Perry stated that $533,000 was needed for new equipment for the hospital. Since 1977 the donation fund for equipment equip-ment has totaled $71,000. About ten rooms have been donated at a cost of $1,800 to $1,900. Donations are being accepted ac-cepted for furnishing the rooms of the remainder of the 36-bed facility, Perry stated. |