The Kirby Hospital Board of Directors and its Leadership Team Announce Plans to Build a Replacement Hospital

Healthcare is no longer seen as a service we seek in times of illness. Today, more and more of us view wellness as a necessity in the way we live. A strong and viable hometown healthcare system plays an important role in rural economies. By providing comprehensive medical services here, we are keeping local dollars in our community and sparing many community members the exorbitant costs associated with commuting for their care.

A viable healthcare system in Monticello and Piatt County attracts new physicians and allied health professionals, external dollars through tourism, new residents and businesses in our community. Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) in Illinois and throughout the United States are revitalizing healthcare in their communities through replacement hospital facilities. Proceeding, are some of the Initial questions associated with a replacement hospital project.