The Rutherford County Historical Society has been preserving and promoting OUR local history since 1971. Since the decision to disassemble the hospital, Ferguson said the property has had more prospective buyers.Īlso, please visit New book documents MTMC’s rise in ‘Boro. Once all the structures are razed, the end result will be a field of roughly 9.5 acres. (De)construction was expected to continue through the end of this year, but hospital officials believe it may be finished shortly before then. This estimate was then figured into the overall cost of the demolition project. “The contract with this (construction) company was based on them being able to salvage a lot of the materials,” he added.įerguson said the company calculated how much of and which items could be salvaged or resold. Thomas health network, Ferguson explained.
Much of the interior furnishings and equipment were redistributed to a number of nonprofit organizations, as well as centers within the St. This idea of reclamation has been prominent throughout the closure and subsequent demolition of the hospital, following the opening of the new MTMC on Medical Center Parkway last October. The cost for either item is $25, which will benefit the MTMC Foundation. “Both include a plaque indicating they are from the original Rutherford Hospital.” “We also have crosses from the patient rooms that are available for purchase,” she said. MTMC has 500 bricks from the original hospital that can be purchased, according to spokeswoman Angie Boyd-Chambers. While residents must say goodbye to a familiar skyline on North Highland Avenue, it is possible for them to take a piece of it home. Hollywood can keep its extravagant demolitions – crews will be using heavy machinery to knock down the structure, mainly because the building isn’t tall enough to warrant a flashy explosion. They’ll go to the B building next, which is the building that, for the most part, goes along Bell Street on the hospital side.”īut neighbors and passers-by shouldn’t expect to hear blasting and see each floor collapse onto the one below it. “The next big milestone will be, again, the exterior demolition. “So things are moving along according to the plan,” Ferguson continued. He said the entire process went on without incident and expressed appreciation to the Murfreesboro Police Department and city officials for coordinating the process of temporarily closing streets while the crosswalk was dismantled. “They fabricated the steel and then raised it, so that’s basically the same way they had to remove it, with the steel intact.” “It was interesting when that structure was put in place,” MTMC president and CEO Gordon Ferguson said of the crosswalk. Two significant milestones were reached within the past couple of weeks, as crews demolished the outer walls of the original, 83-year-old hospital and removed the crosswalk that extended from MTMC’s main building to its Bell Street annex. Only recently have residents seen changes to the exterior of the hospital, as most of work up to this point has been inside the buildings. (Courtesy WGNS)įor the past few months, crews have been working to deconstruct the original Middle Tennessee Medical Center near downtown Murfreesboro. Hepatology 2018 67(2):690-699.Demolition crews work to remove the pedestrin bridge over Bell Street. Hospital volume and mortality after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation in the United States. Refer to Instructions for Use at for a complete description of all applicable indications, warnings, precautions and contraindications for the markets where this product is available. INDICATIONS FOR USE IN THE U.S.: The GORE® VIATORR® TIPS Endoprosthesis is indicated for use in the de novo and revision treatment of portal hypertension and its complications such as variceal bleeding, gastropathy, refractory ascites, and/or hepatic hydrothorax. Not all patients will be candidates for treatment with these devices, and individual outcomes may vary.Īlways follow physician advice on your post-surgery care and recovery. All surgical procedures carry potential health risks. Patients should consult their physician for information on the risks associated with the devices and surgical procedures discussed in this website. This information is intended for education and awareness only.
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