Hospital District board report for November

DAYTON—For the past few months, Columbia County Health System (CCHS) CEO Shane McGuire has been talking to the Hospital District Board of Commissioners about five small works roster1 projects that could improve the hospital’s ability to treat COVID-19 patients and help the Health System with its response to a potential surge of COVID-19 in the community.

Cost for the five projects is estimated at 1.1 million and are listed below in order of priority:

1. Upgrade the currently undersized hospital generator.

2. Upgrade the hospital’s critical systems by expanding red emergency power outlets to Ac...