Construction on the hospital expansion project started on Monday, May 6, with the installation of construction fencing. Watch the video of the building demolition that started on Tuesday. The cafeteria demolition begins next week.

Butterfield Road remains open to access the clinic buildings in that area. The hospital cafeteria is now open in the Community Rooms. The public is welcome to continue eating at the CMH Cafeteria during construction. Enter through the hospital main entrance and follow the hallway to the left to the Cafeteria.

Community Health Fair is May 24

The Bolivar Recreation & Aquatic Center, Citizens Memorial Hospital and the Polk County Health Center are hosting a Community Health Fair from 7 to 11 a.m. Friday, May 24, at the Bolivar Recreation & Aquatic Center. Health services will include lab draws for CMP, CBC, lipid panel and A1C check. Call 417-326-7250 to pre-register for lab work.

Take the Community Health Survey

When you take the Community Health Needs Assessment survey, you help inform area health care organizations how they can best serve you. CMH is joining other health care partners in southwest Missouri to conduct the 2025 regional health assessment through the Ozarks Health Commission. The survey is open through May 31.

CMH earns an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade

Citizens Memorial Hospital earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based on over 30 measures of errors, accidents, injuries and infections as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent them.

CMH Health News is an e-newsletter published by Citizens Memorial Hospital and Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation twice a month. For more information, email marketing@citizensmemorial.com.