No solution has been announced for the scheduled closure of Fairmont Regional Medical Center, but a plan to add medical care is being developed. Mon Health System announced this week that it plans to seek a certificate of need from the state to build a small format hospital in the Fairmont region. Small format hospitals offer hospital-based services that include inpatient and outpatient medical beds, diagnostic imaging and lab services, and full-service emergency services – just on a smaller scale than larger hospitals. The news release said Mon Health’s proposed project would be the first in the state, and it embraces the importance of scalable rural health care investment that is much needed in West Virginia.