| A $170,000 grant has been approved for a new electrical generation system for
Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center in Grantsville, using Homeland Security funding.
CEO Barb Lay said the new generator will keep the facility going during power
outages. Two generators placed in operation in 1959 when the
hospital opened had exceeded their life expectancy.
She said the old natural gas powered generators are no longer manufactured
and
parts are difficult to obtain. The generators no longer meet standards.
The Calhoun Commission supported the grant application to obtain the new
electrical generating system.
Lay said the rural health care facility, which serves several counties, has
the only negative pressure isolation room in the region. She said
maintaining power is essential not only for continuity of service, but
during times of emergency. | 
