“We are excited and very pleased that the voters of Seward County understood and supported the needs of Southwest Medical Center,” said SWMC President and CEO Norm Lambert Wednesday morning, following the election regarding the hospital’s $17 million bond proposal. “We want to thank citizens of Seward County for showing their support through their votes on this issue. It is because of them that we are now able to move forward in improving the healthcare of the patients we serve as well as bring Southwest Medical Center into the 21st Century.”