Elkins Corridor Medical Center set to open
By Edgar Kelley, The Inter-Mountain
ELKINS — Local dignitaries took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Elkins Corridor Medical Center Thursday morning. The facility, which will officially open on Tuesday, Sept. 9, is located on North Randolph Avenue.
What officials describe as a state-of-the-art, 38,000 square-feet, $37 million facility will include 34 exam rooms, two procedure rooms, and one cast room.
Hoppy Kercheval, known as the radio “dean” of West Virginia broadcasters, served as the guest speaker for the ceremony. Other speakers included Elkins Mayor Jerry Marco; David Hess, the president and CEO of WVU Medicine United Hospital Center, and Albert Wright Jr., who is the president and CEO of West Virginia University Health System.
Kercheval welcomed those attending the event, and spoke about Elkins and its leadership.
“For those of you not from here, Elkins is a place where traditions take roots and thrive,” Kercheval said. “We are reminded about that every year with the Mountain State Forest Festival, which is coming up here in a couple of weeks. For traditions to continue, you need leaders who are committed, and Elkins Mayor Jerry Marco was quoted in The Elkins Inter-Mountain last December saying ‘a lot of good things are on the horizon.’ Well, today the project that was on the horizon is now in the forefront.”
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