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Murray Regional reports rising ER volumes, multi‑million construction program and local contractor spending
Summary
Murray Regional Health updated the committee on high emergency department volumes, ongoing construction projects including behavioral health and ER renovations, community programs and local contracting with roughly $2 million spent locally so far of the $17 million projects.
Murray Regional Health told the Maury County Health and Environment Education Committee on Monday that it is experiencing sustained high patient volumes and is expanding facilities to meet demand.
Doctor Chaney, a hospital leader who addressed the committee, said the emergency department saw about 45,000 visits in the last fiscal year and that the hospital is on pace to exceed 50,000 visits this year. "Some days we've hit 170 or more a day," Chaney said, and he attributed part of the growth to a severe respiratory season and an unusually heavy flu period.
Chaney outlined several capital projects underway. Work completed includes a mother–baby labor and delivery renovation; current projects include a…
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