That is intended to lower the cost of health care for patients and, consequently, may mean less need for a traditional hospital. What the new hospital means for the city, patients, employees and Ministry is still playing out.īut underlying the development is a shifting healthcare market aimed at limiting hospitalization to just critical and emergency patients and providing other medical services in less-intensive settings, Marshfield Clinic officials have said. 19, according to Josh Miller, Marshfield’s city planner. The city must approve a conditional use permit for the new hospital building, and the city’s Plan Commission is holding a public hearing on that permit request Jan. The final phase of hospital construction is scheduled to be completed in June 2018. Marshfield Clinic plans to build a four-story, 750-stall parking ramp as well as a 355-stall parking lot on McMillan Avenue.Ĭonstruction crews could start expanding parking as early as January, records show, while foundation and utility work is slated to begin in February. The new hospital will require substantially more parking for both patients and staff. View Gallery: A look at Marshfield Clinic's new hospital “A lantern evokes warmth, home and often times a way out of trouble: a lantern can also lead the way into the future and signal the arrival of new ideas,” a document Marshfield Clinic submitted to the city reads. The building will make extensive use of glass, wood and stone to create the impression of a lantern - avoiding what has long been the template for medical facilities: cold, gray and aesthetically sterile. The hospital’s design aims for a warm but high-tech image, according to preliminary architectural renderings. One document Marshfield Clinic filed with the city shows there could be up to 500 employees at the new hospital once the facility is fully staffed. Marshfield Clinic spokesperson Jeffrey Starck said the number is merely a projection and could change. A new utility plant would also be constructed to provide centralized heating, cooling and emergency power. The new eight-story hospital would include pediatric and neonatal intensive care units, critical care units and surgical facilities, with a helipad on the roof. Marshfield Clinic announced in February its intention to build the new hospital, which would be near Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital, the only hospital currently in the city. The proposed 202-bed hospital would encompass 615,000 square feet and be located on Marshfield Clinic’s existing medical campus along Oak Avenue. The records obtained by News-Herald Media reveal details of the facility that Marshfield Clinic has not before made public. MARSHFIELD - Marshfield Clinic's new hospital in Marshfield could have up to 500 employees, and construction work on the $175 million project is slated to start in January, according to documents Marshfield Clinic recently filed with the city.
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