DAILY TOURS LEAD UP TO RIBBON CUTTING ON FRIDAY

This week, Dearborn County Hospital is conducting tours of its new Patient Tower in advance of the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the facility on Friday, May 16, at 2:00 p.m.  Both the tours and the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony are open to the public.

Tours are available on Monday, May 12, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Tuesday, May 13, from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, May 14 and 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on Friday, May 16, following the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.

Individuals taking tours will see many highlights of the new facility firsthand including the spacious lobby, the all private, patient rooms on the first floor's Medical/Surgical Nursing Unit, the Patient Registration area and the Internal Medicine and Imaging/Radiology Departments, including the state of the art PET/CT (positron emission tomography/computerized axial tomography) scanner which is used in the detection and staging of many types of cancer.

The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Friday will be followed by a public reception featuring light refreshments.  Tours will also be available following the conclusion of the ceremony until 4:30 p.m.

For additional information, please call the Dearborn County Hospital Community Relations Department at 800-676-5572, ext. 8190 or 812-537-8190.  It would be appreciated if groups of 10 or more individuals would call in advance to arrange a tour time.