Work progressing on WinnMed additions as winter approaches

By Seth Boyes,

Friday, November 15, 2024 9:54 am

Framework on WinnMed’s northern addition continues, and crews hope to have sidewalks and other pavement poured before winter sets in, which officials said will help decrease the overall size of the construction area and ease snow removal later in the year. (Photo by Seth Boyes)

Officials with WinnMed in Decorah say the hospital’s Transforming Tomorrow campaign is on budget as construction crews prepare for winter weather.

The $50 million project includes expansion of the county hospital’s clinic spaces as well as its surgical services and obstetric unit, which staff expect will be upgraded before the hospital delivers its first baby of 2025. Officials said the hospital delivered dozens of babies during the month of October, which staff indicated was lower than expected after a number of births occurred early.

WinnMed is also constructing a two-story addition estimated to add 30,000 square-feet to its facility on Montgomery Street. Plans call for specialty services on its lower level and family practice spaces on the second floor. In addition, operating rooms will be reworked, an endoscopy room will be added and the hospital’s labor and delivery suites will be remodeled to allow delivery and postpartum to take place in the same room.

Full article available in the November 14 Decorah Leader. 

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