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Description

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Located in north central Kansas Russell Regional Hospital is a 25 bed Critical Access Hospital We are proud to provide high quality and compassionate care to those in need in our community and the surrounding areas We believe that our special touch is in the providing of modern medicine with oldfashioned care Russell Regional Hospital has 24 hour physician coverage of the Emergency Department and Main Street Manor 29 bed longterm care facility Russell Regional Hospital Physicians Clinic and Russell County EMS are all located on campus Russell Regional Hospital is a 501c3 Not For Profit facility

Russell Kansas blends the small community attributes of safety family excellent schools parks and recreation and a strong community spirit

Twenty minutes away Lake Wilsons scenic beauty offers excellent boating fishing swimming camping hiking hanggliding and hunting facilities Golfing is readily available at the public golf course Leave home and in just a few hours enjoy World class snow skiing and other cultural opportunities

Our churches reflect the ethnic diversity and community spirit found within the region Job opportunities abound for professional skilled and unskilled labor Accessed by Interstate 70 Russell is central to Denver Kansas City Lincoln and Oklahoma City

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History

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Russell Regional Hospital was formed in 1942 when civicminded citizens worked together to form a twentyfour bed hospital on land donated by Jerry E Driscoll a Russell attorney The bid to build this hospital came in at 8500 Local residents businesses and organizations contributed money equipment and furnishings Since that time Russell Regional Hospital has experienced continual growth and expansion of services

A bond issue was passed on March 20 1957 and a 40000 building program was approved by the Russell City Council to expand the hospital to fiftyfour beds and to remodel the older building in order to accommodate the growing facility and to insure quality healthcare

In April 1971 a 525000 bond issue brought about a complete renovation of the hospital the addition of a building for mechanical equipment an emergency entrance on the east a new ambulance entrance and a paved and lighted parking lot

In 1977 another expansion was done for more space and moderization A threestory addition and basement were built on the south side of the existing building increasing the bed capacity to fiftyeight A fourbed Intensive Care Unit was added and the Radiology Medical Records and Physical Therapy areas were expanded Laboratory facilities were extended and Business and Administrative Offices relocated A new 2320foot addition was built on the northwest corner of the building for Food Services This was financed by a bond issue

The Medical Arts Building Physicians Clinic was added in 1981 to aid in physician recruitment and is located to the southeast of the hospital site and provides office space for physicians and other health organizations

On November 4 2003 a 55 million dollar bond issue was passed to provide for another remodeling and expansion project adding 9555 sq feet This included expansion and renovation of the surgical area expansion of the physical therapy department to over 4000 square feet and a new public elevator Main Street Manor which is located on the premises was renovated adding 10 beds to the longterm care unit This project was completed October 2005

Over the years the Board of Directors has recognized the need for upgrading medical technology to better serve the Russell area In 1993 the hospitals name was changed from Russell City Hospital to Russell Regional Hospital to reflect the desire to offer quality health care services to all the citizens of Russell County and surrounding area At that time the hospital passed from being city owned to county owned An elected board of Russell county residents manage the hospital The daytoday operations of the hospital were subleased in 1997 to West Central Kansas Association Inc a 501c3 nonprofit organization