The five-year project is expected to take place in three phases and cost $28 million to $35 million.
The first phase will add space for surgical services, a new emergency room, new lobby, lab and pharmacy services.
“We’re really in need of a new hospital. It’s outdated, it’s not up to code. We really need a replacement hospital at this point in time,” Allen Parish Hospital CEO Jaqueline Reviel told KPLC TV.
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