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Burke Community Hospital Begins Major Expansion

Burke Community Hospital Begins Major Expansion

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A major expansion project is underway at the Burke Community Memorial Hospital. Groundbreaking was held this week for the six-million-dollar renovation and expansion.

Hospital C.E.O. Mistie Sachtjen says the planning has been going on for some time…..

Sachtjen says they need an updated facility…..

Sachtjen says they won’t change the services they are offering, but will make them more convenient….

The hospital has raised about one point two million dollars, and got a six-million-dollar loan from the US Department of Agriculture. The expansion should be done by the fall of 2018.

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