Announcements

Citizens Memorial Hospital is opening new spaces in the patient tower in scheduled phases throughout March and April. Some departments will begin seeing patients in new locations, and a few entrances and registration areas will change.

As part of the transition to the new patient tower, entrance names will be changing. The former main hospital entrance will now be referred to as the West Entrance, and the new hospital entrance located at the patient tower will be designated as the Main Entrance.

See the timeline below for details.

Updated 3-23-2026

This timeline will be updated as needed.

March 23

• Cafeteria, DJBean Coffee Bar – CMH Hospital and Gift Garden gift shop open in the patient tower.
• Main Entrance doors temporarily closed through March 30.

March 29

• Cafeteria begins Sunday Buffet again from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

March 30

• Main Entrance doors are open.
• Information desk and patient registration open in the patient tower.
• West Entrance information desk remains open.
• New patient flow begins:
  • Surgery and radiology patients, including MRI and Saturday cath lab procedures, use the Main Entrance and register in the tower.
  • Lab patients continue to use the West Entrance and register in the Laboratory Department.
  • Patients scheduled for cath lab procedures, echocardiograms or nuclear medicine stress test should continue to register at the Heart Institute Clinic.

March 31

• CMH Infusion Center relocates from Douglas Medical Center to the hospital.

April 1

• CMH Infusion Center opens in the hospital.
• Infusion and Cardiac Rehab patients continue using the West Entrance (through April).

April 15

• Emergency Department moves to the first floor of the patient tower.
• New Emergency Department entrance (next to Main Entrance) opens 24/7.
• The previous Emergency Department entrance will be used as construction access.

April 19

• The Birth Place moves to the third floor of the patient tower.

April 25

• Intensive Care Unit moves to the patient tower.

April 26

• Medical Surgical Unit moves to the second floor.

May

• Infusion Center and Cardiac Rehab patients begin using the Community Room entrance.
• Community Room entrance reopens for patient and employee use.
• Community Rooms remain closed until fall due to renovation.