Nyla Franklin

Nyla Franklin, SRH Foundation Director, said, "With this funding, we can expand screening capacity and offer culturally appropriate outreach and education to reduce disparities in Sumter County.

A 76-bed hospital is expected to open by April 1, offering the full gamut of hospital services, from surgical to inpatient and officials expect to break ground in October on a permanent replacement hospital, said Nyla Franklin, director of Sumter Regional's Hospital Foundation.

Recalling his own childhood memory of a tornado, Perdue said, "We all have to endure tragedy....We can't erase those memories, but we can remember the rising up and the rebuilding."

"I think literally before our eyes we're seeing the rebirth of Americus," he said.

A 76-bed hospital is expected to open by April 1, offering the full gamut of hospital services, from surgical to inpatient and officials expect to break ground in October on a permanent replacement hospital, said Nyla Franklin, director of Sumter Regional's Hospital Foundation.

Recalling his own childhood memory of a tornado, Perdue said, "We all have to endure tragedy....We can't erase those memories, but we can remember the rising up and the rebuilding.

"I think literally before our eyes we're seeing the rebirth of Americus," he said.

A 76-bed hospital is expected to open by April 1, offering the full gamut of hospital services, from surgical to inpatient and officials expect to break ground in October on a permanent replacement hospital, said Nyla Franklin, director of Sumter Regional's Hospital Foundation.

Nyla Franklin, RN

According to Nyla Franklin, Director of the SRH Foundation, "We are moving forward daily in our redevelopment efforts.