The Besser Foundation has committed $300,000 to the MidMichigan Health Foundation to provide support for a new patient tower project in Alpena.

The new patient care facility will be the largest project the medical center has ever completed and will include 60 private patient rooms, 8 intensive care unit beds, 8 labor and delivery rooms, 44 medical beds, 18 recovery rooms and 5 operating rooms. 

The Besser Foundation has a history of supporting patient care and advanced technology and the foundation says this gift represents their ongoing commitment to Alpena. It reinforces the importance of