Northside Hospital Gwinnett announced that construction for a 10-story inpatient tower received the green light to proceed. | northside.com
Northside Hospital Gwinnett announced that construction for a 10-story inpatient tower received the green light to proceed. | northside.com
A Lawrenceville-based hospital earlier this month opened its new emergency department and has no plans to stop its growth.
Northside Hospital Gwinnett’s emergency room has grown to more than 75,000 square feet, and the facility’s operators announced that construction for a 10-story inpatient tower received the green light to proceed, the Gwinnett Daily Post reported.
“With the completion of this project, emergency room capacity will double, thus increasing the ability to not only take care of more Gwinnett County residents, but take care of them more efficiently,” Debbie Mitcham, president and CEO of Northside Hospital in Gwinnett and Duluth, said in an Oct. 20 press release.
NGH’s sees more than 100,000 visitors annually, making it one of Georgia’s highest volume facilities, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The $400 million tower project, which garnered the approval of the state’s Department of Community Health, is expected to add 162 patient beds.
Mitcham said in the release that the facility will house outpatient imaging, ambulatory surgery and various physician practices, with a scheduled opening date in 2023.
Northside recently sponsored Paint Gwinnett Pink, which is the largest breast cancer 5K in Gwinnett County.
It was the second straight year the event was held virtually, but raised almost $900,000.
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