Bill and Ruth Scott were so grateful for the care Bill received at Great Plains Health’s emergency department back in 2005, they decided to pledge the money as a way to show their appreciation to the hospital. The Omaha-based couple vowed to donate $5 million to the project, stipulating the hospital needed to raise $3.5 million, said Libby Lashley, director of the Great Plains Health Care Foundation.
The foundation raised $2.3 million to date and has until the end of the year to secure the remaining pledges. Great Plains Health will provide $5 million and an additional $2 million will come from the hospital foundation’s investment reserves, bringing the total to $15.5 million.
The expansion will add 17 new patient rooms, six fast-track areas for noncritical treatment, a new trauma room, a contained area for behavioral health patients, an isolation room for infectious disease treatment and a private exam area for victims of domestic and sexual assault.
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