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Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) General Hospital will begin construction on its $40 million vertical expansion within the next month, Times Leader reports.

Piedmont Atlanta Hospital will start construction on a 16-story patient tower in January as part of the hospital's $603 million expansion efforts.

Northside Hospital-Atlanta will build an eight-story addition to an existing building on its Sandy Springs, Ga.-based campus, pending approval from city council, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Long Island's Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y., has opened its new multi-million dollar, 38,000-square-foot primary medical care center.

Albuquerque, N.M.-based Ernest Health has started construction on a new rehabilitation hospital in Flagstaff, Ariz., reports Arizona Daily Sun.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health on Sept. 30 opened the new Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases in Manhasset, N.Y.

Cleveland-based MetroHealth opened a 100,000-square-foot critical care pavilion in mid-September.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has recommended its Public Health Council approve Boston Children's Hospital's plans to expand its campus, reports The Boston Globe.

Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital will open the Building for Transformative Medicine to patients Oct. 3. At the new facility, leading clinicians and scientists will work together to advance care for patients suffering from neurologic, orthopedic and rheumatologic conditions, such…

Christus Health Shreveport-Bosier will operate Louisiana's first microhospital after completing an expansion to its existing health center in Bossier City, La., according to The Times.