Audrain County Officials and Boone Health officials gathered at the Audrain County Courthouse in Mexico and signed a non-disclosure agreement to evaluate future hospital options on Friday, April 12, 2024.
Boone Health CEO Brady Dubois says opening a hospital in Mexico is justified.
Dubois says as far as funding for the new hospital they will be looking at multiple options.
Dubois says there will be weekly meetings with officials from the City of Mexico, the Audrain County Commission and the Audrain County Health Department to develop a master health plan and then start executing that plan.
Dubois estimated that a critical access hospital in Mexico could be open in three years.