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NEW HOSPITAL - Community leaders and hospital officials break ground at the site of the new CoVista Medical Center on a rainy Friday afternoon. CoVista, located two and a half miles north of Arkansas City, will replace South Central Kansas Regional Medical Center.

Pictured from left are City Manager Curt Freeland, SCKRMC board member Joe Anderson, Dr. David Schmeidler, Ark City Mayor Patrick McDonald, Dr. Robert Yoachim, Dr. Baden Idbeis of Wichita, Dr. Kamran Shahzada, Dr. Aaron Watters (hidden from view), and Carol Hearne, chairman of the SCKRMC board.

A large crowd gathered in a tent for the ceremony.