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Health systems are planning new facilities to increase access to oncology and pediatric services, as well as to combine current facilities.

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare has applied to the Hartford Planning and Zoning Commission to add five new buildings to its existing Hartford Hospital campus. 

Philadelphia-based St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, part of West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health, has received a commitment for around $30 million in financial support.

The redevelopment of the former Atlanta Medical Center campus is set to begin in the coming weeks, Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System said in an Oct. 17 news release. 

Sacramento, Calif-based Sutter Health is planning to expand its Elk Grove, Calif., campus with a new 56,000-square-foot specialty care center.  

St. Louis-based SSM Health and Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Select Medical have formed a joint venture partnership to own and operate a 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Oklahoma City. 

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health has received approval for its zoning requests for its new children's hospital building, nola.com reported Oct. 16.

Minneapolis-based Davis, a healthcare real estate development, investment and management firm, has acquired Plymouth, Minn.-based West Health, a 201,000-square-foot outpatient medical center for $72 million.

St. Louis-based Ascension has shared plans to open a $200 million Indianapolis-based Ascension St. Vincent Women and Infants Hospital on Nov. 16.

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth has shared plans to construct a new inpatient behavioral health hospital in Lane County, Ore. in partnership with Lifepoint Rehabilitation, part of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health.