Falls City breaks ground on new $21 million hospital

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By The Associated Press

FALLS CITY — Falls City has broken ground on a new hospital that Mayor Rod Vandeberg calls the greatest project ever undertaken in the town.

Vandeberg says the $21 million hospital is expected to have tremendous economic impact for the city.

The hospital is replacing another facility that was built in 1918, with additions over the years. That includes a physician’s clinic in the 1990s.

Officials say that the cost of upgrading the old facility were close to the cost of building a new one.

Officials complain the current facility is cramped and doesn’t offer as much privacy as it should in specialty clinics.