USDA Rural Development Missouri State Director Kyle Wilkens announced the agency is investing $57.75 million through the Community Facilities Direct Loan Program for expansion and upgrading Citizens Memorial Hospital District of Polk County, KZRG reports. Several local area banks partnered with USDA to help fund $19.25 million of the $77 million project.
The hospital was originally opened for operation in September 1982 with funding from the USDA Farmers Home Administration, a predecessor to USDA Rural Development. The acute care hospital provides inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care services as well as ambulance and physician clinic services for Bolivar, MO, and the surrounding area. Read more.
