4 VITALITY Winter 2023 CMH NEWS Citizens Memorial Hospital broke ground Thursday, Sept. 28, for a $100 million hospital expansion on the 41st anniversary of the hospital’s opening in 1982. State and local officials spoke to 600 people at the history-making event, with an additional 400 people watching the ceremony live online. Featured speakers included Missouri Governor Michael L. Parson and Kyle Wilkens, state director of Rural Development – Missouri with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. During the ceremony, Michael Calhoun, CMH and CMH Foundation CEO/ Executive Director, recognized founding CEO Donald J. Babb with the naming of the facility as the Donald J. Babb Medical Center. The facility includes an expansion of the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, surgical area and cath lab, along with private inpatient rooms, a new Birth Place, kitchen and cafeteria. Taking part in the official shovel ceremony are, from left: Gary Fulbright, retired CMH CEO; Shane Severns, CRNA; Austin McCrickard, CMH Hospice chaplain; Shannon Calvert, M.D., president of the CMH Medical Staff; Linda Buffington, R.N., a founding CMH employee; Kerry Douglas, founding member of the CMH Board of Directors; Pat Douglas, chairman of the CMH Board of Directors; Missouri Governor Mike Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson; Kyle Wilkens, state director of Rural Development – Missouri with the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Michael Calhoun, CMH CEO/Executive Director; and Donald J. Babb, retired founding CMH CEO. CMH BREAKS GROUND FOR HOSPITAL EXPANSION
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