St. Francis Hospital

The new facility will be located on Wood Street which is adjacent to the main hospital campus in downtown Monroe and will include state-of-the-art chillers, boilers, mechanical systems, piping, generators and a power grid. This $37.5 million critical infrastructure project will take approximately 20 months to complete and will be funded through St. Francis Medical Center's capital budget over the next two years.

A severe blood shortage is hitting our area. Amiee Kane of St. Francis Medical Center says they need the community to step up and help. Kane says the…