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Published June 03, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Virginia Regional Medical Center


Virginia Regional Medical Center (News Tribune file)

  • Virginia Regional Medical Center (News Tribune file)
  • Virginia Mayor Steve Peterson in his City Hall office. Peterson said he thinks the city is rushing into selecting Essentia Health as a partner for its hospital.
  • Some of the elevator controls at Virginia Regional Medical Center date from 1976.
  • Nurses Pam Rengo (from left), Pat Sauve, Brian Hanson and unit coordinator Julie Peloquin work in Virginia Regional Medical Center’s medical surgical nursing station. “They really do need a lot of updating,” Peloquin said of the patient rooms in the unit. “It would be better for the patients and the employees.” (Photos by Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Jeff Brown, administrator of the convalescence center at Virginia Regional Medical Center, talks about a room that was remodeled and converted from a two-bed to a one-bed room. The hospital’s rooms have been upgraded as financing allows.
  • William R. Smith, Virginia Regional Medical Center’s chief executive officer, stands outside of the hospital. Smith says the city needs to act now to affiliate with Essentia Health and avoid financial trauma in the near future.
  • This air-handling unit at Virginia Regional Medical Center dates from 1956. Hospital officials say the facility needs $36 million in infrastructure improvements.