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Holy Cross Hospital, based in Silver Spring, Md., has broken ground on a new hospital in Montgomery County.

Erie County Medical Center and Kaleida Health, both based in Buffalo, N.Y., are opening a $27 million regional transplant and kidney care center, according to a Buffalo News report.

NCH Healthcare System in Naples, Fla., has completed a $4 million upgrade of the neuroscience floor at its NCH Naples Hospital, according to a Naples Daily News report.

Shriners Hospital for Children, based in Tampa, Fla., has scrapped its plan to build a $145 million seven-story hospital in St. Louis and opted to build an outpatient surgery center there instead, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.

Neshoba County General Hospital in Philadelphia, Miss., will break ground on a new $15 million facility next week, according to a Neshoba Democrat report.

Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City, Fla., has completed its $9 million expansion, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.

Baptist Health System is schedule to open its first Baptist Emergency Hospital in San Antonio tomorrow.

Johns Hopkins Medicine International has entered into an agreement with Pacifico Salud, a Peruvian company that operates healthcare facilities in Peru, to improve the management and quality at seven of their hospitals, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

The University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor has opened a new, $17.7 million emergency department, expanding the capacity of the health system's emergency services, according to a U-M Health news release.

Children's of Alabama in Birmingham is on schedule with its $400 million expansion, which is expected to open in August, according to a Birmingham News report.