The newly constructed Avera Missouri River Health Center in Gettysburg, SD, will start seeing patients next week.
The emergency department doors will open Monday (Dec. 14, 2020). Patients will move to the new inpatient facility that day. The Avera Medical Group Gettysburg clinic will begin operations Thursday (Dec. 17) with full facility functions starting Friday (Dec. 18).
Avera Missouri River Health Center is a $12 million, 21,800 square-foot facility that will offer a seven-bed inpatient hospital unit, a clinic, a new emergency services department, a surgical suite, radiology and imaging services and a new therapy gym. The gym includes extensive new technology and equipment and will provide wellness center options.
Patient rooms are connected to Avera’s telemedicine program, Avera eCARE®. The facility has three private rooms, including an isolation patient room along with two semi-private rooms for a total capacity of seven patient beds.
Avera Missouri River Health Center Administrator Kristi Livermont says this is an exciting time for health care in the Gettysburg area. She says the new facility was made possible because of the generous supporters who helped Avera fund a medical center that will serve many generations to come.
The campaign received a total of 1,134 gifts and raised more than $3,113,000. The death of Paul Nelson, a central South Dakota business man, spurred the final phase of the project. The Nelson family directed memorials to the Avera Missouri River Health Center building project, because they understood the importance of supporting local health care and their community. One of their clients, Lynn and Foster Friess, offered up to $125,000 in matching funds and donors joined them in support of the project.
The Gettysburg community is invited to a January 2021 virtual open house to view online photos and take part in video tours of the new medical center.
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