More than 14 ambulances took part in the move, covering more than 500 combined miles in their efforts transporting patients from the legacy campus in downtown Minot. Beginning officially at 7 a.m., 59 patients were loaded up and delivered to the new hospital, except for two emergency room patients who had been checked in right before the changeover occurred.

The transport teams worked until 11:21 a.m., bringing a new patient over every seven minutes, with critical care patients around every 15 to 20 minutes. Trinity Health staff were required to sanitize and flip each ambulance to ensure it was ready and equipped for each individual patient’s needs. Trinity said more than 740 staff and volunteers assisted with the move, chipping in to help transport, lift and shore up various other teams and departments during the transition.

Both locations were fully staffed during the final hours of the downtown campus, right up until the final ER patients were treated and discharged. The legacy location’s last baby delivery was Marlee AndiJo Pierson by Dr. David Billings on Saturday. The last patient at the legacy Emergency Trauma Center (ETC) was discharged shortly after noon on Sunday.

Trinity Health was hopeful that clear signage and locked doors would help the public avoid confusion around the change in location for the ETC. Twelve patients had presented at the Healthcare Campus and Medical District (HCMD) in the hours after the changeover. The first baby born at the HCMD was Lily Violet Rose Freeman at 8:44 a.m. on Sunday morning, delivered by Dr. Jessie Fauntleroy.

Submitted Photo Trinity Health staff members stand outside the new Emergency Trauma Center at the new facility before patients were transported on Sunday morning.

Randy Schwan, Trinity Health vice president of Mission Integration, said the process will now begin to decommission medical equipment and supplies that remained at the facility as they wind down the downtown campus for good.

“We’ll get it secured and shut down until the disposition of the building can be determined. If that doesn’t happen soon as far as buyers or anybody who would be interested in the property, it’ll probably wind up coming down,” Schwan said. “We’ll have a little ceremony and gathering sometime soon to let employees with special memories come to grips with letting go.”

Tiffany Pierson holds her daughter Marlee AndiJo, who was the last baby delivered at the Trinity Health downtown facility, pictured here with the first baby born at the new campus, Lilly Violet Rose Freeman and her mother Chyna Moolenaar.

Dr. John Nelson was the last emergency physician to staff the legacy Emergency Trauma Center in downtown Minot shortly after it shut its doors to patients.