Sentara Health announced that a new acute care hospital wil be built in Halifax County, VA. The new hospital will replace the current Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital, which is 70 years old.
The new building is expected to be smaller than the current hospital, but Sentara said that won’t affect the services they currently provide, ABC affiliate WSET reports.
According to Sentara, SHRH’s volumes have been shrinking for years primarily due to a declining local population, changes in rural health care, physician recruitment and retention challenges as well as inpatient stays shifting to outpatient services across the country.
Sentara said the decision was made to build a new facility as there are fundamental operational systems, such as the power plant and HVAC systems, that would require $50-plus million to replace in the current building while remaining stagnant in the operational components of the facility. Read more.
