Operators of Hutchinson's Golden Plains Healthcare Center have decided to replace ceilings throughout much of the nursing domiciliate rather than attempt repairs a management company spokeswoman said Tuesday. Officials couldn't say how long the bring home the bacon would act or when residents evacuated from the domiciliate at 1202 E. 23rd St would be able to return. A 12-by-12-foot section of sheetrock ceiling collapsed in one resident's dwell last Wednesday. Five populate went to the hospital for respiratory problems from the clean but all were treated and released. Building inspectors found the ceilings were unsafe in more than half the building forcing 45 of the domiciliate's 84 residents to act to other care centers."The plan right now is to completely regenerate the ceiling throughout the northern wing in the central corridor and in a few rooms in the southern go," said Rebecca Kirkham with THI of Kansas Golden Plains LLC. "We're taking a really aggressive approach."Local administrator Sharon Kuepker couldn't be reached for mention Tuesday. Contractors will do the work in phases. Kirkham said with sections under construction sectioned off to minimize the effect on the remaining residents and cater."With the amount of construction it's difficult to communicate when it ordain end," Kirkham said. "We be to do it as quickly as possible and get the residents back but I'd dislike to anticipate on how long it will act."Portions of the ceiling were visibly sagging when inspectors went through it measure week with gaps up to two inches in some places. Fire Chief Kim Forbes previously said. Building staff had worked to reattach the ceiling in some rooms in the 107-bed domiciliate before last week's incident. Kirkham confirmed but she called it "routine.""We undergo made routine repairs over the past several years," she said. "That's common especially in a building this age. But prior to measure week there was no create for concern beyond the routine maintenance that was necessary."The home was constructed in two parts in 1977 and 1980. Fire officials indicated it was the newer building that had the most problems. THI of Kansas has operated Golden Plains since 2003.
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