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The Memorial Hospital personnel transfer Amanda Dieter on Thursday morning from TMH’s old facility to the new building. Dieter and her newborn son, Branson, were the first patients to be admitted at the new hospital site.

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The Memorial Hospital staff transfer Amanda Dieter to a bed Thursday morning at The Memorial Hospital’s new building. Dieter, along with seven other TMH patients, was transferred from the old facility to the new one with a short ambulance ride.

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The Memorial Hospital staffers transfer Destiny Jackson, 5, from a hospital bed to an ambulance gurney Thursday morning at The Memorial Hospital’s old building. Jackson was the last patient moved in the patient transfer to The Memorial Hospital’s new facility.

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Brayden Moya, right, moves equipment Thursday morning from The Memorial Hospital’s old building into a moving truck headed for the new facility. It took an estimated 60 truckloads to transfer the hospital’s furniture and equipment to the new site.

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Destiny Jackson, 5, holds on to her medical chart Thursday morning before being transferred to The Memorial Hospital’s new facility.

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Orvie Zimmerman works on the new sign Thursday morning at The Memorial Hospital’s old site on Russell Street. The building will continue to serve Moffat County’s medical needs as a clinic.

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Destiny Jackson, 5, smiles from her gurney Thursday morning before being transferred to The Memorial Hospital’s new facility. After Jackson was moved to the new building, signs were taken down and the old TMH was officially closed to the public.

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Denette Webber, The Memorial Hospital unit coordinator, pulls the wires from her communication unit Thursday morning after The Memorial Hospital’s old building officially closed. Webber’s final responsibility at the old site was to coordinate ambulances moving patients to the new facility.

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