Hannibal (Mo.) Regional Hospital started its $61 million project that includes construction of a new medical office building and renovations to parts of the hospital, according to the Hannibal Courier-Post.
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Former chief of staff at Houston-based Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital Periyanan Vaduganathan, MD, opened Seva Clinic, a charity care clinic in Pearland, Texas, to provide free medical services to uninsured residents, according to the Houston Chronicle.
The New Jersey Department of Health approved Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center's proposal to open a satellite emergency department approximately six blocks from CarePoint Health's Bayonne (N.J) Medical Center, which is a rival hospital, according to NJ.com.
University Hospital in San Antonio, owned by University Health System, plans to build a $390 million Women and Children's Inpatient Tower on South Texas Medical Center Campus in San Antonio, according to My San Antonio.
Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration gave final approval for the University of Central Florida in Orlando and Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's proposal to build a 100-bed teaching hospital near UCF's medical school, according to the Orlando Business Journal.
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The following hospitals announced or completed plans in the last week to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.
Grand Junction, Colo.-based Mind Springs Health began construction on a new $32 million mental health hospital, which will contain nearly double the number of beds at the current facility, according to KJCT8.
Midland-based MidMichigan Health's Sugnet Building was demolished Monday to begin construction on a new $57 million heart and vascular center that will take its place, according to MLive.com.
Clemmons (N.C) Medical Center, owned by Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health, will open its $49 million inpatient wing on Aug. 2, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.
Downers Grove, Ill.-based Freeman Medical Center announced a $13 million renovation and expansion project after receiving complaints of insufficient space at the hospital and nursing home, according to the Mitchell Republic.