appalachian regional health to expand hazard hospital

Continuing in its commitment to respond to the changing demands of rural healthcare, Appalachian Regional Health is expanding its Hazard Hospital to increase its capacity to serve trauma and cardiac patients. Selected as 2010 Outstanding Rural Health Organization in the Nation, ARH is adding approximately 88,000 square feet of new patient care space, including a new Emergency Department, a 16-bed Critical Care Unit to support the growing cardiac care program, and a new 34-bed private patient room nursing unit.  The project also includes renovation of space for Surgery Prep and Recovery. In partnership with Denham-Blythe, Omni is serving as design consultant and assisting in hospital planning for this design-build project, which just completed the Schematic Design Phase.
The Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center, which recently earned Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers, is a 308-bed, acute-care and psychiatric hospital. ARH also operates hospitals in Harlan, McDowell, Middlesboro, Morgan County, South Williamson and Whitesburg, Kentucky, and Beckley and Summers County, West Virginia.