
PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center, San Juan Island’s new critical access hospital which will open for business on Monday, Nov. 26, will be open to the community for tours and a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 17.
On Nov. 17, between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. visitors are invited to tour Peace Island Medical Center at 1117 Spring St. in Friday Harbor, with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony beginning at 11:17 a.m. in the main lobby. (Note: the event officially begins at 11:17 a.m. on 11-17 at 1117 Spring St.)
PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center – the result of a collaboration between the San Juan County Hospital District No. 1 and PeaceHealth – is a ten-bed critical access hospital, which will also house a new, expanded primary care and specialty clinic, cancer center, expanded diagnostic and treatment services, an operating suite for outpatient procedures and a 24-hour emergency department with five beds. Its design is the result of a collaborative process involving the Island community, PeaceHealth and the facility’s architectural firm, Mahlum.