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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, February 27, 1993                   TAG: 9302270115
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV10   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: PEARISBURG                                LENGTH: Short

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HOSPITAL GROUND-BREAKING MONDAY

There will be a ground-breaking ceremony open to the public at 10 a.m. on Monday on the front lawn at Giles Memorial Hospital for an 8,000-square-foot expansion and renovation.

The hospital will begin construction in March and plans to open the renovated areas by the end of this year.

The project will consist of an expansion to the emergency treatment area, addition of a separate ambulance entrance, expansion and renovation of the radiology department and a new registration and admission area.

Speaker for the ceremony will be Thomas L. Robertson, president of the Carilion Health System.

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