Marquette, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – UP Health System-Marquette is relocating its operations and moving all patients from its current West College Avenue location to its new hospital located at 850 West Baraga Avenue this weekend on Sunday, June 2nd.
Victor Harrington, UPHS Regional Director of Marketing and Business Development, joined the Sunny Morning Show today to share the latest update on the schedule for the planned move and more.
Harrington said it is a very complex process to make such a move, and a highly-coordinated plan with a well-prepared team is in place.
He said the the main part of the effort is to move 120 patients to the new hospital over the course of eight hours, beginning at 6:00am on Sunday.
Harrington said that on Sunday, June 2nd, access to the new facility will be limited to patients being transferred, approved patient visitors and patients seeking emergency services.
He added that the new hospital Emergency Department will open at 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, and patients in need of emergency services should go to the new hospital location and UPHS-Marquette physician practices will start seeing patients at the adjacent UP Medical Office Building on Monday, June 3rd.
Harrington said that all Marquette-based phone numbers for UPHS have changed. The new main phone number is (906) 449-3000, and old phone numbers will only forward for a short period of time.
A complete list of new phone and fax numbers can be found at mgh.org/PhoneDirectory.
VISIT – The UP Health System website for the latest updates on the move.
