The hospital in Petersburg is a Band-aid station that’s aging in sections invisible to the vast majority of the community.

That is according to its consultant, Monica Gross, the author of a long term planning report for the Petersburg Medical Center that was released last week. In it, she outlines a range of surveys she conducted with hospital staff and community members with regard to remodeling or replacing the hospital.

In a Hospital Board meeting last week, she first addressed an apparent misconception of the Medical Center, which is its function. It operates as a Critical Access...