Ceremony marks installation of final steel beam at new Cox Monett Hospital

March 11, 2020
Sheila Carlo Harris
The final steel beam was installed above the entrance of Cox Hospital’s new $42 million facility during a special topping-out ceremony held February 14 at the construction site. Members of the community, including donors to the Cox Monett Momentum Campaign, were invited to sign the beam before construction workers hoisted it into position above the front entrance of the building.
The new hospital will mark a turning point in Monett’s healthcare history. Beginning as a modest 18-bed hospital opened by Dr. William West in 1928 and operated by the Vincentian Sisters after Dr. West’s retirement, the current hospital was constructed in 1953. It operated under the name of St. Vincent’s Hospital until acquired by CoxHealth in 1993 when the name was changed to Cox Monett. Since that time, many renovations and improvements have been made, including an adjacent physicians’ clinic and a new emergency department.
Cox Monett President, Darren Bass, with Cox for 20 years, recently became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation’s leading professional society for health care leaders. Under Bass’s leadership, Cox Monett implemented many changes to better serve the community, including the opening of an urgent care clinic. He also guided the hospital in achieving Level IV Stroke and STEMI designation by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
CoxHealth was recognized for the past two years as one of the “Best Places to Work in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare with its most recent ranking placing it at number 15.
With the projected completion of the new hospital in early 2021, Cox Monett will take health service in Monett from a simple 18-bed structure, to a 70,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility.
Sheila Carlo Harris
The final steel beam was installed above the entrance of Cox Hospital’s new $42 million facility during a special topping-out ceremony held February 14 at the construction site. Members of the community, including donors to the Cox Monett Momentum Campaign, were invited to sign the beam before construction workers hoisted it into position above the front entrance of the building.
The new hospital will mark a turning point in Monett’s healthcare history. Beginning as a modest 18-bed hospital opened by Dr. William West in 1928 and operated by the Vincentian Sisters after Dr. West’s retirement, the current hospital was constructed in 1953. It operated under the name of St. Vincent’s Hospital until acquired by CoxHealth in 1993 when the name was changed to Cox Monett. Since that time, many renovations and improvements have been made, including an adjacent physicians’ clinic and a new emergency department.
Cox Monett President, Darren Bass, with Cox for 20 years, recently became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation’s leading professional society for health care leaders. Under Bass’s leadership, Cox Monett implemented many changes to better serve the community, including the opening of an urgent care clinic. He also guided the hospital in achieving Level IV Stroke and STEMI designation by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
CoxHealth was recognized for the past two years as one of the “Best Places to Work in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare with its most recent ranking placing it at number 15.
With the projected completion of the new hospital in early 2021, Cox Monett will take health service in Monett from a simple 18-bed structure, to a 70,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility.