Capital

Three days before Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center's emergency department is set to shutter, the DeKalb County (Ga.) board of commissioners has approved a $20 million relief plan to aid nearby hospitals, Fox affiliate WAGA reported Oct. 11. 

Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne and the city of Moville plan to build a primary care and therapy clinic, according to an Oct. 11 report from the Sioux City Journal.

Lindale, Texas-based Christus Emergency Care Center is now open, Tyler Morning Telegraph reported Oct. 10. 

The following eight hospitals and health systems have announced upgrades or expansions since Oct. 5:

Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health and Athens-based Piedmont were awarded a certificate of need to build a freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Athens, Ga.

Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare has opened a new primary care clinic in Panama City Beach, Fla., its first medical practice in the county, Panama City News Herald reported Oct. 10. 

NYC Health + Hospitals is almost finished with the construction of its Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital. 

Weirton (W.Va.) Medical Center has wrapped the first phase of its $10 million expansion, The Weirton Daily Times reported Oct. 7.

Glen Dale, W.Va.-based Reynolds Memorial Hospital, owned by Morganstown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine, plans to build five new operating rooms in a $20 million expansion, WTRF reported Oct. 6. 

The board of directors at State College, Pa.-based Mount Nittany Health has approved a $350 million patient tower on the Mount Nittany Medical Center campus, State College reported Oct. 7.