New Hospital Opens Doors News | May 17, 2024 | 0 | by Morgan McCarthy After years of planning and construction, the Gundersen Tri-County Hospital is formally open. The ribbon-cutting this week marked the culmination of work that began with groundbreaking in March of 2022 and the welcoming of its first patients last July. The hospital in Whitehall is seen as a major step toward providing rural healthcare for an estimated 20-thousand people in the region. It’s double the size of the original hospital that was built in the 1960s. It features two dozen beds with improved emergency room services and two trauma bays. CLICK TO SEE MORE.