New Greeley hospital to open by mid-summer

GREELEY — Perhaps it’s a good thing Marilyn Schock works in a hospital.

UCHealth is close to turning Greeley into a two-hospital town, a huge milestone for a mid-sized city with one established hospital since 1904. The new UCHealth Greeley Hospital should be open by the first part of July, depending on state inspections, and there won’t be a soft opening like the kind you see when a big restaurant comes to town.

In fact, research shows that more than 25 percent of patients at other UCHealth hospitals in Loveland and Fort Collins are…