Marshfield Clinic Health System Announces Eau Claire Expansion
Saturday, June 18th, 2016 -- 9:33 AM
Marshfield Clinic Health System announced its new “Caring for the Chippewa Valley” plan to build a hospital with attached cancer care on land the Clinic has purchased near its Eau Claire campus.MCHS officials said owning and operating a state-of-the-art hospital in Eau Claire is an important move that allows the organization to offer the highest level of care locally, while gaining more control over the cost and quality of care it has provided in the community for more than two decades. Dr. Narayana Murali, the Clinic’s chief clinical strategy officer, said that MCHS is in the process of evaluating the determining the optimal size and scope for the new hospital and will share more information, including an anticipated construction budget, when available. The new Chippewa Valley cancer care location is expected to be staffed by the same doctors, nurses and other employees currently working at the Marshfield Clinic Cancer Care at Sacred Heart Hospital.
Initial reports show the new hospital will create hundreds of jobs and have other positive local economic impacts. The hospital will be built at 1202 W. Clairemont Ave., current site of the Plaza Hotel & Suites. The building will be razed over the winter, and groundbreaking is scheduled for spring of 2017. The cancer care location is tentatively set to open in fall of 2017, with the hospital opening expected the following year. MCHS will work closely with the City of Eau Claire, which must issue approval to build.
Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.