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CCMSD prepares to apply for hospital funding

District to cite infection control issues as basis of need for new building

Preparing to apply for funding for a new hospital, Crook County Medical Services District (CCMSD) has begun to create a list of flaws associated with the current building that make it difficult to deal with a pandemic such as COVID-19.

The district was approached by Senator Ogden Driskill and Representative Tyler Lindholm when it was first discovered that Wyoming would be receiving $1.25 billion through the CARES Act. With strict rules governing how it could be spent, the pair suggested a new hospital building would not only improve the county’s ability to deal with a future pandemic, bu...