Pictured: SMCH staff and donors pose for the projects groundbreaking in September of 2020.
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital (SMCH) in Lake City is more than halfway through its multi-year, $31 million renovation and expansion project. The next phase will lead to changes for regular visitors to the facility. Crews are preparing to pour the hospital’s new south parking lot and driveway off Monroe Street, and hospital staff is requesting that patients coming to SMCH enter the facility via Highway 175/Main Street through the Clinic entrance. This closure is expected to last through Wednesday, Oct. 28. The hospital broke ground on the extensive project in the fall of 2020, which included significant updates to the emergency/trauma, cardiac, respiratory, rehabilitation, and business departments. Construction is tentatively scheduled for completion in mid-2023.
