Marshall Health has purchased the former Patriot Coal corporate headquarters building in Scott Depot with plans to begin offering expanded services in Putnam County by early 2017.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As Putnam County remains a stronghold of population in West Virginia, Marshall Health announced Monday it will increase its presence as a health amenity to residents in the area by purchasing the former Patriot Coal headquarters in Scott Depot, W.Va.
Marshall Health officials plan to begin offering expanded services in Putnam County by early 2017.
Executive director Beth Hammers said Marshall Health purchased the building for about $5.3 million.
The purchase will allow Marshall Health, the faculty practice plan of the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, to merge its existing Hurricane offices under one roof and begin offering more specialty services in the Teays Valley area…