WARMC enlarging lobby to enhance services

WARMC renovation

WARMC RENOVATION: Community leaders and hospital officials and employees turn out Friday afternoon for a groundbreaking ceremony at Western Arizona Regional Medical Center. Starting Monday, the facility will undergo an eight- to 10-week remodeling of its lobby, registration area and surgery waiting room. I wish we had 700 shovels for all our employees, said Alex Villa, hospital CEO, pictured third from right.

Posted: Sunday, March 30, 2014 1:35 am | Updated: 1:38 am, Sun Mar 30, 2014.

WARMC enlarging lobby to enhance services By NEIL YOUNG The Daily News MohaveDailyNews.com |

BULLHEAD CITY From its humble beginnings as an emergency room on Hancock Road to a 24-bed hospital on Silver Creek Road originally named Bullhead Community Hospital, Western Arizona Regional Medical Center now has expanded to 139 beds, and has 700 employees and 120 physicians.

As the building is about to turn 30 years old, a

$1 million renovation gets under way Monday. The registration area and surgery waiting room will be enlarged, a gift shop will be added and the coffee shop will be moved to the lobby area. This is the only part of the building that hasnt been previously remodeled, noted Alex Villa, hospital CEO, at a Friday afternoon ground-breaking ceremony.

Local contractors will be used.

Were doing everything possible to keep the money here in this community, Villa said. We support the community in many ways and the community supports us.

During the eight- to 10-week construction period, the main entrance will be blocked off and WARMC visitors will need to enter the building through the emergency room doors.

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