The “Complete the Dream, Continue the Vision” fundraising campaign continues for Clara Barton Hospital. The Hoisington hospital recently completed a $1.4 million dollar, 5,577 square feet expansion project.

The new therapy services department nearly tripled in size.

Jim Blackwell, interim CEO at Clara Barton, says they have no complaints after the first month of the new addition.

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Clara Barton has seen an increase in the quality of care they are able to provide to both in-patient and out-patients. The hospital saw an increase of 17 percent of patient treatments from 2012 to 2013 and wanted to expand their facilities a few years ago.

Their fundraising campaign to reach the $1.4 million price tag is doing well in its first year.

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Due to rising costs with laundry services, the Board of Directors decided to build a laundry facility to eliminate outsourcing their laundry. The addition of the Laundry Facility was expected to save Clara Barton $250 thousand dollars per year. Blackwell mentioned that in January alone, the hospital did 9,840 pounds of laundry saving them $37,000 in one month.