Capital

Several hospital construction projects have been recently announced, advanced or completed. Becker's reported on the following nine projects since April 25.

Milwaukee, Wis.-based Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin opened a new community, acute-care hospital May 2 in Mequon, Wis.

University Hospital in Newark, N.J., is in desperate need of improvements as it deals with overcrowding in its emergency department and maintenance issues, advocates say, nj.com reported May 1. It is the only public hospital in the state.

Several philanthropic gifts have been made to hospitals and health systems in April to honor lost family members, to advance care and to bolster finances. Here are five reported by Becker's:

CHI Memorial, part of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, received approval from the Georgia Department of Community Health for a new hospital in Ringgold, Ga., despite objections from Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Parkridge Health System, News Channel 9 reported April 29.

United Health Services has broken ground on its six-story tower at UHS Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City, N.Y.

The Utah Fetal Center at Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City received a $15 million gift from a family in memory of their infant son who lived 33 hours after being born in 2010.

An anonymous donor gifted Houston Methodist $50 million, the second largest gift in the hospital's history, which will be used to support and grow several services.

The University of Vermont Health System told regulators that it won't be able to move forward with a plan to add beds to an inpatient psychiatric unit unless its financial situation improves, VTDigger reported April 27. 

Several hospital openings by health systems have taken place, been announced, advanced or delayed in April. Here are 11 reported by Becker's since April 6: