The Clovis Community Medical Center expansion just got bigger, with approval from Community Medical Centers’ Board of Trustees for the construction of a Health & Education Conference Center.  The center will help provide health education – part of Community Medical Centers’ mission – and accommodate the educational needs of physicians, employees, patients and families.

To better serve a rapidly growing population, Clovis Community Medical Center embarked on a $300 million expansion and renovation project. Scheduled to be completed in 2013, this expansion and renovation will nearly double the hospital’s capacity to 204 private rooms – making Clovis Community the first full-service hospital in the area with all-private rooms.

A few months ago during the holiday season, Clovis Community Medical Center got a huge surprise gift under its tree from Greg and Karen Musson, Linda Salwasser and local agriculture company – Gar Tootelian, Inc.

HGA, the architecture firm that designed the Clovis Community Medical Center expansion, renewed their commitment to the construction project with another $20,000 gift. Once completed in 2013, the $300 million expansion and renovation project will nearly double the hospital’s capacity and make Clovis Community the only full-service hospital in the area with all private rooms.

Two women in pink hardhats with eagle eyes, strict safety regulations in hand and a willingness to scale tall scaffolding are saving Community Medical Centers millions. Registered Nurse Peggy McGinnis and Cathie Kirk make surprise inspections, sometimes at night, administer drug tests and scold seasoned construction workers into wearing hard hats and safety glasses at all times on the Clovis Community Medical Center’s expansion job site.

Thanks to a $260,000 gift from the Clovis Community Hospital Guild – $250,000 of which will go toward building a fountain as part of the expansion project and $10,000 toward a card-swipe system for the gift shop –  the vision at Clovis Community Medical Center is becoming a reality. The expansion of Clovis Community will make it the first full-service hospital in the area with all private rooms.