A crowd gathered at the center to hear speakers talk about the importance of the project and celebrate the beginning of physical work after six years of planning.
The North Dakota Long Term Care Association, along with administrators and residents from facilities in their organization seeks to compel the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the CDC to lower federal COVID restrictions in long-term care facilities.
“This two- or three-week pandemic has now nearly turned into 24 months with no end in sight, it seems,” Northwood hospital CEO says. “It’s just tiresome.”