Robison said he believes the project will not only touch a community, but will touch a generation.

“You put it in the ground for your children and children’s children ...,” Robison said. “If we provide a better chance for good jobs and challenging careers, all of our children will have more reasons to make this their home.”

But the main reason the physicians made the financial commitment was because of the need for better service for their patients, Robison said.

He said his patients continually ask him the equivalent of: “Are you getting it done for us?”

“I think this is fantastic,” said Special District Judge Robin Adair. “It can only help the community.”

Robison said without Robert’s intense focus and dedication the project wouldn’t have happened.

“His singular dedication will improve the lives of thousands of people in this part of Oklahoma. I don’t think that legacy has touched him yet, but it will. I can never thank him enough for breathing life into our future.”

Robison also credited the physician investors with being of a like mind since the project started.

“We’re focused on doing one thing really, really well patient care,” he said. “We all felt the need to respond to our patients needs with action. We also know that healthcare is the economic backbone of any community.”

What’s next

Muskogee County Commissioner Gene Wallace said he will be in a meeting Monday in connection with the project qualifying for state and federal money to provide an industrial road to the new hospital.

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