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UnityPoint Health-Jones Regional Medical Center in Anamosa is having a growth spurt.
The 22-bed critical access hospital has outgrown its facility, which was built in 2009 — something the hospital didn't anticipate to happen so quickly.
Carpenters James Kensett IV, left, and Bryan Grulkey, both working for Menefee Drywall Inc, install drywall in new cardiopulmonary rehab facility under construction at the Jones Regional Medical Center in Anamosa on Friday, February 27, 2015. The medical center is undergoing a $10.4 million 20,000 square-foot expansion that includes physical therapy space, operating rooms, specialty clinics, labs and an infusion center. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
Specialty clinics and lab facilities are under construction at the Jones Regional Medical Center in Anamosa on Friday, February 27, 2015. The medical center is undergoing a $10.4 million 20,000 square-foot expansion that includes physical therapy space, operating rooms, cardiopulmonary rehab, labs and an infusion center. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette) (note to copy desk: this was shot from the doorway, photographer was not allowed to enter this section of the construction space so could not get ID from construction worker on the scissor lift)
Specialty clinics and lab facilities are under construction at the Jones Regional Medical Center in Anamosa on Friday, February 27, 2015. The medical center is undergoing a $10.4 million 20,000 square-foot expansion that includes physical therapy space, operating rooms, cardiopulmonary rehab, labs and an infusion center. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
Jones Regional Medical Center CEO Eric Briesemeister sits in the lobby of the Anamosa facility on Friday, February 27, 2015. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
Community Development Director Sheila Tjaden (CQ) stands beside plaques recognizing financial donors in the lobby of the Jones Regional Medical Center in Anamosa on Friday, February 27, 2015. Tjaden also operates the hospital's foundation. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
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