In July, it opened its newly built hospital in Minocqua.
In August, it took over control of Flambeau Hospital in Park Falls.
To support the care in the region, Marshfield Clinic is now offering its own ambulance service.
This won’t be the type that responds to emergency calls. It will be used to transfer patients.
“We can immediately take patients to the airport or helipad at Howard Young. So that was one priority. The second was that we would have our ambulance take patients to higher levels of care by ground down to Wausau, Weston or Marshfield,” said Michael Schaars. Schaars is the Vice President of Medical Affairs for Marshfield Clinic in both Minocqua and Park Falls.