GREAT FALLS — Park Place Transitional Care and Rehab cut the ribbon on Montana's first long-term ventilator and tracheostomy unit this week, eliminating the need for patients to travel out of state for specialized care.

Cameron Tuttle, Director of Operations for Sweetwater Care, said Montanans previously had no in-state options for long-term ventilator care.

Justin Robicheau reports - watch the video: Park Place introduces Montana's first long-term ventilator unit

"Now, if they need to be on a ventilator for a long term, there's no placement for those patients here in Montana, as I mentioned earlier. So we have to send those patients out of state to keep them on a tracheotomy and ventilator system. So now we have the treat and vent systems here," Tuttle said.

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