Our thanks to The Times Leader and reporter Gage Vota for their article on Trinity Health System’s Neighborhood Hospital in St. Clairsville.

Here’s an excerpt from their report:

Trinity Health System’s Neighborhood Hospital opened its doors in July.

The facility sits along U.S. 40 just east of Plaza West and is a two-story building that offers 10 emergency room beds and six inpatient beds as well as radiology and laboratory suites.

Trinity opening its doors in Belmont County comes at a much needed time due to the closure of East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry this past March.

During the grand opening, Dwayne Richardson, president and CEO of Twin City Medical Center, said that at the beginning of the journey to create the new facility, the plan was to have 40 to 50 ER visits per day. Officials, however, are expecting more than that now due to the closure of EORH.

​​Director of Operations Jamie Betts added that since the ribbon cutting, the neighborhood hospital has been working through its final processes and making sure that everything works appropriately, as well as completing the final stages of the hospital’s construction.

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You can read the article in its entirety by clicking here.