Grove Hospital Trust OK's $1 Million Request

Members of the Grove Healthcare Trust Authority approved a resolution to support the building campaign of a new $56 million hospital, by committing $1 million from the city, payable over a five-year period at $200,000 per year. The measure will now go to the Grove City Council for action.
The first payment would be made by Dec. 31, 2007, with the final payment Dec. 31, 2011. "In-kind" donations by the city such as utility services would be deducted from the $1 million cash donated by the city.
Greg Martin, Integris Grove Hospital President, told members of the trust authority the hospital would like to have a total of $5 million in local committments by December or January. He said that the total committed to date is "more than halfway there."
The new hospital will be state of the art, replacing the current 43-year-old facility, with all-private patient rooms and amenities, more surgical facilities, additional physicians, and a new emergency department with additional treatment rooms.
Integris Grove currently employs approximately 350 people with an economic imnpact for the city of more than $12 million annually; more than $1.8 million each year is returned to the community in the form of charity care, would would amount to more than $9 million over the five years of city contributions.
HKS Architects, headquartered in Dallas, is designing the new facility. Among its clients are the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Tx; the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston; Seattle Childrens Hospital; George Washington University Hospital; the AA Center in Dallas, Los Ventanos in Los Cabos; J.C. Penny Headquarters in Frisco, Tx; and The Beacon Development in San Francisco.
The firm has offices in 12 cities including Oklahoma City.
The new building will face 18th Street in Grove. A request to hospital officials for a photo of the renderings was refused.