Capital

Kilmarnock, Va.-based Rappahannock General Hospital has raised $18 million from a community fundraising campaign to invest in repairs and expansion for the rural hospital, the Richmond Times Dispatch reported Feb. 27. 

Rome (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital received $26 million in funds from the Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program to strengthen the hospital's financial situation and renovate its surgical services, The Oneida Daily Dispatch reported Feb. 26.

TriStar Health, the local part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, is proposing a new $21 million freestanding emergency room in Nashville, the Nashville Business Journal reported Feb. 24.

Huntsville-based Thrive Alabama plans to build a new 72,000-square-foot community health center in Huntsville, NBC affiliate WAFF reported Feb. 24.

HCA Florida North Florida Hospital broke ground on Feb. 23 for a new hospital and emergency room in Gainesville, Fla., CBS 4 reported.

Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital is aiming to submit a bid for the neighboring Harding High School property after the city put it on the market, sfgate.com reported Feb. 23.

Naples (Fla.) Community Hospital received a $20 million donation from philanthropists Diana and Don Wingard to build a new heart health and stroke care wing at the hospital, NBC2 reported Feb. 22.

Two new hospitals have been approved in North Carolina, as have additional beds in existing facilities, according to a Feb. 21 North Carolina Public Radio report.

Waterville, Maine-based Northern Light Inland Hospital is set to build a new simulation center to teach healthcare skills next to its 48-bed hospital, centralmaine.com reported Feb. 21.

Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health has decided not to move forward with plans to build a $350 million, seven-story research building and to instead build a new dental school facility, the Richmond-Times Dispatch reported Feb. 21.