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Phoenix Area- Committed to Caring
Ground breaking of the San Carlos Alternative Rural Hospital Groundbreaking was held in Peridot, AZ on Thursday, June 4, 2009 for the new San Carlos Alternative Rural Hospital. The new facility will be approximately 180,000 sq ft with 43 new staff quarters. The estimated cost of the project is $116 million. Construction is scheduled to begin on highway improvements, site grading and utility improvements this summer. The new facility should be completed in 3 to 4 years depending on funding.

Photographed left to right: Nella Ben, CEO, San Carlos Service Unit (SCSU), Harding Burdette, Councilman, San Carlos Apache Tribe (SCAT), John Bush, Councilman, SCAT, Wendsler Nosie, Sr Chairman, SCAT, five McCarthy Construction Management Firm employees, Don Davis, Director, Phoenix Area IHS, Kathy Kitcheyan, Health Director, SCAT, and Dyron Murphy, Architect.

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