- Southeast Missouri Hospital
Southeast Missouri Hospital is a private, not-for-profit hospital located in
Cape Girardeau, Missouri . SoutheastMissouri Hospital first opened in 1928 and has grown into a regional medical complex serving over 600,000 people in 22 counties in Southeast Missouri andSouthern Illinois . []In 1992, Southeast embarked on another major expansion program. The five-year, multi-stage hospital development program included a climate-controlled pedestrian corridor connecting to the main hospital and a mechanical building, both completed in 1993. The 105,000 square foot Clinical Services Building was completed in the fall of 1994. It included three main areas: Emergency Services on the ground floor, the Surgery Department on the first floor and the LifeBeat Air Medical Service on the fourth level. As soon as the project was completed, the hospital started on the third phase of the development plan - construction of a new lobby wing which was completed in 1996. The last phase of the development plan, the redesign of the northwest exterior facade, was completed in 1997. [cite news|url=http://www.semissourian.com/article/20080716/NEWS01/27282006&SearchID=73331155508280|title=Wente's accomplishments at Southeast Missouri Hospital|date= July 16, 2008|work=Southeast Missourian|accessdate=2008-09-26]
In 2000, the hospital began construction on the addition of two new medical/surgical floors atop the Harrison Annex. The project was completed in 2005 and increased the number of private patient rooms from 39 to 107. [cite news|url=http://www.semissourian.com/article/20050718/NEWS01/581751554|title=Building projects underway at local hospitals|last=Obert|first=Jim|date= July 18, 2005|work=Southeast Missourian|accessdate=2008-09-26] In 2003, the hospital broke ground on a 75,000 square foot, four-floor medical office building named Southest Medical Plaza, which opened in the spring of 2006. [cite news|url=http://www.semissourian.com/article/20080716/NEWS01/27282006&SearchID=73331155508280|title=Wente's accomplishments at Southeast Missouri Hospital|date= July 16, 2008|work=Southeast Missourian|accessdate=2008-09-26]
The hospital is also planning to build a $33 million cancer center on the west campus of the hospital, next to Interstate 55. The new Regional Cancer Center is scheduled to open in December of 2010. [cite news|url=http://www.semissourian.com/article/20080727/NEWS01/34901317|title=Hospital announces plan for regional cancer center|last=Blackwell|first=Brian|date= July 27, 2008|work=Southeast Missourian|accessdate=2008-09-26]
References
External links
* [http://www.southeastmissourihospital.com/ Southeast Missouri Hospital official website]
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