Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health has shared plans to build a $12 million emergency department at its Essentia Health-Fosston (Minn.) this spring.
The new ED will add more than 5,500 square feet to the hospital’s campus, growing it from 1,100 square feet to 6,700 square feet, according to a Feb. 19 news release shared with Becker’s.
The ED will comprise rooms to better serve patients that need behavioral health care, along with a new ambulance bay.
Work on the ED is expected to kick off in April and will be completed in early summer 2027. Seventy-five percent of the subcontractors are from the area.
