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Six months before patients are expected to move in, Dayton (Ohio) Children's Hospital has increased the scope of the expansion of its 260,000-square-foot patient tower, according to the Dayton Business Journal.

Riverhead, N.Y.-based Peconic Bay Medical Center/Northwell Health won town board approval of its preliminary site plan for the hospital's proposed three-floor expansion, Newsday reports.

The University of Central Florida in Orlando has proposed a new teaching hospital near the UCF medical school in Lake Nona, according to an Orlando Sentinel column.

A portion of the building currently belonging to Providence, R.I.-based St. Joseph Health Center's outpatient clinic will be turned into a housing development for the homeless, according to the Providence Journal.

Major Hospital in Shelbyville, Ind., part of Major Health Partners, closed Saturday after its services were relocated to MHP Medical Center in Shelbyville. 

Jamestown, N.Y.-based UPMC Chautauqua WCA will construct a 20-bed long-term residential treatment program offering drug withdrawal services.

Rockville, Md.-based Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States will open a 40,000-square-foot medical office in Alexandria, Va., in the first quarter of 2019.

The expanded emergency room, outpatient and ambulance areas — the first phase of Savannah, Ga.-based St. Joseph's Hospital's $21.6 million expansion — are set to open Jan. 23, according to Business in Savannah.

Kenosha, Wis.-based Aurora Health Care has announced plans to build an ambulatory surgery center and physician office building near Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha.

Favorable weather in recent days has allowed construction workers who are building Muskegon, Mich.-based Mercy Health's $271 million new medical center to make up for lost days in the beginning of winter, according to MLive.com.