Promises made, promises kept: 10 years after merger, Sanford Bemidji continues its mission of providing care close to home
In the past 10 years, Sanford Bemidji has added heart and vascular care, an orthopedics and sports medicine center, opened the Joe Lueken Cancer Center and opened a 14-bed residential support center for mental health patients. 7:15 am, Mar. 3, 2021 ×
The entrance sign is just one of many changes since 2011 on the Sanford campus in Bemidji. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)
BEMIDJI -- It was 10 years ago this week when North Country Health Services merged with Sanford Health at Bemidji’s hospital and clinic campus. Local health care providers and board members hoped that affiliating with Sanford’s expanding regional presence would forge a positive future.