Kadlec presents $500,000 check to CBC for Richland facility

Kadlec Regional Medical Center presented a $500,000 check to Columbia Basin College on Thursday for the new Wortman Medical Science Center in Richland.

The $17.7 million, four-story facility is under construction and is set to be done in May 2017. Kadlec has pledged $3 million for the project, and the check was the first installment.

“In addition to training CBC healthcare professionals in nursing, paramedic, EMT, medical assistant and fire science, the facility will be a functional medical clinic treating patients through the recently launched Kadlec Family Medicine Residency program,” a news release said.

This story was originally published July 14, 2016 at 7:16 PM with the headline "Kadlec presents $500,000 check to CBC for Richland facility."