Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas has broken ground on a $148.5 million hospital and healthcare campus in Clarksville, Tenn., expanding its presence in one of the state’s fastest-growing regions.
The 96-acre campus will include a full-service hospital that will open with 44 inpatient beds and expand to 132 beds as demand grows. The hospital will be St. Louis-based Ascension’s 19th in Tennessee, according to the health system’s website.
The hospital will offer emergency care, inpatient surgery, cardiology, neurosciences, women’s health, neonatal intensive care, oncology and orthopedic services. The broader campus will also feature physician offices, an inpatient rehabilitation hospital, outpatient surgery, advanced imaging and specialty ambulatory care services.
“This groundbreaking is a direct response to community leaders and physicians who championed a bolder future for local healthcare,” Fahad Tahir, president and CEO of Ascension Saint Thomas, said in a June 16 news release. “We are answering that call by building a next-generation campus engineered to anticipate and evolve with this region’s rapid growth.”
The project will include partnerships with Tennessee Oncology, Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance, Ascension Saint Thomas Heart, Howell Allen Clinic and Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health, which will develop an inpatient rehabilitation hospital on the campus.
Montgomery County also plans to establish a new ambulance and EMS station on the site through a public-private partnership with the health system.
Construction is expected to begin immediately.
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