Madera Community Hospital is one step closer to opening

MADERA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Madera Community Hospital's long-awaited reopening is 1 measurement person to yet being realized, arsenic a nationalist wellness survey started connected Monday to measure the hospital's resources.

Madera Community Hospital's CEO Steve Stark announced connected societal media that the infirmary would statesman undergoing a nationalist survey.

"The survey is expected to past astir 1 week," Stark said. "Surveyors from the State volition look astatine our readiness to instrumentality attraction of patients."

Stark says the survey volition look intimately astatine the hospital's policies, procedures, worker files, facilities, supplies and equipment. Once the survey is complete, Stark says the infirmary volition officially person the "blessing" to statesman seeing patients.

"Early adjacent week, we volition denote an authoritative commencement day erstwhile we tin statesman seeing patients successful our exigency country and the hospital," Stark said. "This volition apt beryllium a fewer days pursuing the decision of the survey."

In an update successful December, Stark said the hospital's opening day and the survey some had to beryllium pushed backmost to let for due attraction and attraction of the Madera Community Hospital building.

"Unfortunately a gathering that sits bare for 2 years seems to property overmuch quicker than a rental," Stark said. "We privation to beryllium ready. We admit your patience successful waiting for this important time to come."