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Top 11 Things to Know About Altru’s New Hospital Move
January 06, 2025
OPENING DATE: Altru’s new hospital will open Sunday, January 19, 2025.
ER: At 6 a.m. on January 19, the ER in the new hospital will open. Traffic will be rerouted to the new ER.
MOVING PATIENTS: All patients will move on January 19 through a temporary connector that goes from the current hospital to the new.
GUESTS: Guests of patients in the hospital will be assigned a place to gather in the new hospital until they can join their loved one in their new room. Guests will be limited to ensure a safe and efficient transfer.
PARKING: We will have a temporary parking plan until the permanent patient parking lot is complete. Signs will guide our guests.
FREE VALET & SHUTTLE SERVICE: For hospital patients and guests, there will be a FREE valet service at the hospital entry. A valet will park your car and return it at the end of your visit. If you choose to park your own car, there will be a free shuttle taking people to the hospital.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: Also on January 19, Altru 860 will become the Altru Behavioral Health Center for both inpatient and outpatient behavioral health patients.
WHAT REMAINS THE SAME: Most of the services in the hospital will remain the same on day one. The address for our new hospital (1200 S. Columbia Rd.) and most of the phone numbers will also remain the same. Your scheduled appointments and processes to schedule will remain the same, too.
1300 COLUMBIA BUILDING: This location will be renamed Altru Clinic. Spaces in this building will be remodeled, and new services will move into this building, like outpatient dialysis and hyperbaric oxygen treatment, while other clinic services already located here will remain.
WHAT’S NEXT: Once the move to the new hospital is complete, we will begin the process of decommissioning and demolishing the old hospital. Upon completion, the patient parking lot and water retention pond will be built in its place.
NEW HOSPITAL INFO: To find upcoming new hospital information, see Facebook, altru.org, or watch for our ads in the Grand Forks Herald.
