Missouri Delta Medical Center Announces Construction of New Medical Building

Missouri Delta Medical Center is pleased to announce the plans for a new $3 million dollar medical building to be erected on the land just north of the Sikeston Jaycee Regional Dialysis Center.  This building will house an orthopedic clinic with two orthopedic surgeons, Dr. Cary Sanders and Dr. Larry Conley, who will join Missouri Delta Physician Services in July 2011.  The new building will also have space for other services to be announced at a later date.  A ground breaking was held this past Friday, August 13^th with hospital personnel, orthopedic surgeons, donors, and board members of both Missouri Delta and the Foundation.  Sides Construction of Jackson has been awarded the bid to construct the facility.

The Missouri Delta Medical Center Foundation received a generous gift from Brenda Bruce-Fountain in memory of her late parents Dr. Leo A. and Dortha M. Bruce.  This gift will help fund the construction of the new building and will be named after them, the Dr. Leo A. and Dortha M. Bruce Medical Building.  Dr. Bruce dedicated his entire adult life to the practice of medicine in the Sikeston community.  Mike Conway, President of the Missouri Delta Foundation explains “We truly appreciate this kind act by their daughter.”

Jason Schrumpf, Senior Vice President, states “Missouri Delta Medical Center is excited to launch a comprehensive, full line orthopedic program that will meet the needs of the communities we serve.”

For more information regarding the Dr. Leo A. and Dortha M. Bruce Medical Building, please call Sharon Urhahn, Director of Marketing, (573) 472-7329.