Is the hospital built to accommodate future growth?
Yes. Every department is built to accomodate a minimum of 25 percent growth in volume. Many departments can go much higher. The building is designed such that every department can be added on to, if needed. Some non-patient care departments have also been designed that they can move entirely and make way for new patient care departments that don’t exist today. For example, we currently have eight physicians in the MeritCare clinic. The new building is designed for 12 and there is a plan in place to increase this to 20 when needed in the future.
