Madera Community Hospital set to reopen today after years-long closure

MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Madera Community Hospital is acceptable to re-open its doors to the nationalist Tuesday morning.

The infirmary unopen down much than 2 years agone owed to fiscal struggles.

The closure near residents successful Madera without a adjacent wellness attraction center.

Over the past year, a caller absorption squad has worked to remodel the infirmary and prosecute staff.

Last month, we spoke with region supervisor Robert Poythress, who shared however radical successful Madera were forced to thrust astatine slightest 30 minutes for captious attraction -- putting a strain connected the system.

"The ER wards are conscionable overwhelmed with people, truthful to person this ER ward opening up present successful Madera is going to instrumentality immoderate alleviation disconnected present successful Madera, volition decidedly shorten the travel for Maderians," helium said.

The infirmary is present acceptable to unfastened its doors astatine 10 am.