A major new addition to Coeur d’Alene’s hospital will open within weeks, catering to patient needs and expectations from births through procedures for an aging population. “We have the babies coming in and then the baby boomers going out, if you will, that all require the additional services,” said Liese Razzeto, chair of the Kootenai Hospital District Board of Trustees. Kootenai Health has added 100,000 square feet of space with the $57 million project and anticipates adding 100 to 150 staff positions by 2018. The expansion includes a spacious family birth center and a second floor for orthopedics, neurosurgery and neurology. “We just have an enormous sense of pride about the project and what it’s going to do for our patients,” CEO Jon Ness said/Scott Maben, SR. More here.

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