A year after its merger with Tucson-based University of Arizona Health Network, Phoenix-based Banner Health is investing $500 million on several major projects at or near Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix, formerly known as Good Samaritan Medical Center, according to The Arizona Republic.
Those projects include a $179 million emergency department, a $239 million patient tower and a $50 million clinical space near the hospital, according to the report. Banner Health expects the emergency department to open in July 2017, and the patient tower to open in late 2018.
The system is also investing $500 million to build a new hospital and clinic in Tucson, Ariz. The new hospital is being referred to as a replacement for Banner-University Medical Center Tucson, one of the two existing hospitals Banner acquired from UAHN through the merger.
Banner Health also plans to build a new 200,000-square-foot outpatient clinic adjacent to the University of Arizona Cancer Center's North Campus in Tucson.
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