Great news for the Danville and Vermilion County area, as it is now official that Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation owns the old St. Elizabeth Hospital Property at 600 Sager Street.
It was announced last December during a STEPUP Vermilion County leadership group meeting that SIHF planned to build two Federally Qualified Health Centers; at one the lower level of Danville High School, and the other at the old St. Elizabeth site.
The land bank had owned the old St. E’s site since 2019, and Vermilion Advantage had acquired it from the land bank, taking hold of it until S-I-H-F was ready to close, and that happened last week. Vermilion Advantage Executive Director Tim Dudley says there’s nothing official, but he hopes for a ground breaking by next spring, but who knows, maybe even sooner. The Federally Qualified Health Centers will be designed, like all FQHCs, to provide accessible health care services to everyone.
The FQHC at DHS will be operational to see District 118 students during this school year.
