A Healthy Relationship: Memorial Health System announces plan to build hospital in Sistersville

SISTERSVILLE — Memorial Health System announced plans to build a new hospital in Sistersville during a press conference Thursday. The facility will be 30,000 square feet with a 4,500 square foot emergency department, community rooms for classes and meeting, eight inpatient rooms, a state-of-the-art lab and diagnostic testing center, and more space for on-site care, according to a press kit provided at the event. “I don’t know if I can put into words how excited we are,” said Heidi McGowan, administrator for Sistersville General Hospital. “I can’t walk anywhere in...