Americus: insurer okay's razing Sumter Regional Hosp.

Americus residents inspect overturned SUV, shattered hospital
building at Sumter Regional. (Photo: Dave Bender)

Officials at the regional care facility, which sustained severe structural and water damage from a tornado on March 1st, said the building will be razed.

There was uncertainty over the past few months as to the outcome of the hospital insurer's final assessment of the extent of the damage.

David Seagraves, President and CEO told reporters that the hospital's administration felt, "it would not have been the proper solution to go back into this old building.”

Officials say they hope a new facility will be ready by 2010.

For previous GPB News reports on the twister that ripped through Americus, and the aftermath, click here.

For an audio slideshow on the extent of the damage, and how the staff coped, click here.

Sumter Regional Hospital website.