EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) – The Chippewa Valley Health Cooperative is providing updates to its plans for a full-service hospital in the region.
In a Facebook post, the group announced it received a 501c3 designation from the Internal Revenue Service. The group will be holding an informational meeting on Monday, December 9 at 6:00 p.m. at the Heyde Center. At the meeting, plans for the new independent hospital will be presented and questions from the audience will be answered.
In the post, the health cooperative also responded to Aspirus’ announcement to build an acute care hospital in Chippewa Falls. The Chippewa Valley Health Cooperative described its intentions for its hospital and how that would differ from the A
spirus hospital. The community hospital has plans to include labor and delivery services, full-service cancer care and comprehensive surgical services, among others.
Regarding Aspirus’s announcement, the health cooperative’s board chair Robert Krause made a statement reacting to the announcement.
“The Chippewa Valley has been at the mercy of out-of-town hospital systems for decades, and our community has had little voice in what services and facilities exist here to care for our residents. The Chippewa Valley Health Cooperative is moving forward to build an independent, locally governed non-profit hospital to provide our community local, cost-effective access to the broad range of healthcare services it needs to thrive.”
Dr. Kyle Dettbarn, the chair of the board of OakLeaf Medical Network, also issued a statement surrounding the announcement and his support for the proposed community hospital.
“The physicians and clinics of the OakLeaf Medical Network, the largest network of independent physicians in Western Wisconsin, which serves over 50,000 primary care patients throughout the greater Chippewa Valley, have committed to caring for their patients at the Chippewa Valley Health Cooperative’s new hospital. We believe local control is key to the stability and sustainability of any new hospital in our region, and the Chippewa Valley Health Cooperative’s plan provides the best solution to this healthcare crisis.”
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Chippewa Valley Health Cooperative provides update on plans for community hospital
