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KEEP CARE LOCAL BY GIVING TO OUR $38.4 MILLION HOSPITAL EXPANSION

It’s a fact that a thriving local hospital is at the heart of a healthy community.

Acknowledging that, UnityPoint Health has spent the past four years transforming the model of care in Marshalltown to be more sustainable, while ensuring that primary care will thrive and emergency care will remain close to home. UnityPoint Health’s commitment to the community included the decision to build a new hospital with a $38.4 million expansion of the existing medical park.

In addition, local leadership was established with Shari King as Administrator and Jen Arneson as Director of Nursing. Also, UnityPoint Express, the walk-in urgent care clinic, is building a new facility that will be more centrally located.

Now, the non-profit organization needs the community’s support in more ways than one. First, we’re asking people to keep their care local whenever possible. Second, we’re asking individuals in the community to contribute to our Foundation at UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown to help pay for this oncein-a-century revitalization project.

“We want the best in healthcare services, we want it to be local, and I think a new hospital starts that for us,” says community leader Terry Buzbee. “That will help change the perception of care, which will allow us to recruit new doctors, new staff and meet a whole new quality of care. This is an absolute critical first step.”

The expanded hospital consists of three additions to the medical park at the intersection of highways 14 and 30:

• Hospital Addition – this addition will create a 65,000 square foot hospital space over two floors. It will feature a 16-bed med-surg unit, a 12-bed emergency department and a four-bed observation unit.

• Clinic Addition – this addition will be 23,000 square feet and house two clinics, Marshalltown family medicine and multi-specialty (offering services like cardiology, orthopedics, urology, women’s health and more).

• EMS Building – this free-standing garage will be 5,000 square feet and house a fleet of five ambulances and support staff. “We’re going to start worrying about the health of the community, not just the individual,” says Lance Horbach, past board chair of UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown. “I’m so excited because this is the first hospital in Iowa that’s actually going to be designed and built to conform to that new strategy.”

“I think the community is going to be ecstatic when they see the new inpatient rooms,” says Jen Arneson, Director of Nursing. “They’re going to be thrilled with the aesthetics of the place. It’s going to be beautiful – exactly the type of space that the families and patients and people of Marshalltown deserve.”

“We did our work and got this project approved to build this new, expanded facility in Marshalltown,” said Jenni Friedly, President of UPH – Marshalltown. “But we need the community to use local health care so we can continue to grow for the future of Marshalltown and our surrounding communities. The more people use local health care, the more services we can provide in the future.”

Todd Carl, plant manager at JBS – Marshalltown, says the community’s businesses and individuals need to rally behind UnityPoint Health to ensure these new endeavors grow and remain sustainable.

“As the largest employer, we have a responsibility to facilitate whatever we can do to grow Marshalltown and provide services like this project is going to,” Carl said. “We’d like to invite everyone to come help us sustain this project and financially support the long-term growth of Marshalltown.”

“Think about that day when we can step back and say, ‘Marshalltown, Iowa, has a brand-new hospital,’” Buzbee said. “How many towns the size of Marshalltown are going to be able to say that? But it’s going to take all of us. It always does.

“I think I’d just ask everyone to consider how important health care is. How important are local medical services to us? We need people to engage with this, participate and, obviously, financially support as you are able.”

To help this project, continue seeing us for your care, and please refer your friends and neighbors. In addition, to contribute to the new hospital project, give to our Foundation for the “Our Community. Our Health Care” fundraising campaign. Learn more at unitypoint.org/marshalltown.