"Why do we need to build a new hospital?"

In our current facility, we are continuing to provide our patients with state-of-the-art care. But looking ahead, we’ve been faced with two realities that have led to our decision:

1. At OMHS we’re continually working to improve our quality of care and patient safety. Advances in medical care and communication are racing
   ahead, making it necessary to provide our patients, physicians and staff with a facility that can accommodate new technologies. Additional space will also be required for updated intensive care units, operating rooms and other needs. No reasonable amount of remodeling of the current facility could enable us to meet these demands.
2. Today, OMHS serves more than Daviess County. Increasingly, we are drawing patients from an 11-county region. As an emerging regional medical center, OMHS must have the additional capacity to serve an ever growing – and aging – patient population. In the coming years, patient admissions are expected to increase significantly. On the current campus, there is simply not enough space for the needed expansion.

In short, our goal of providing more effective and efficient care requires a facility designed to meet the growing needs of an expanding 21st century patient population.