![]() ![]() The hospital also increased operating rooms from 12 to 16. The 60,000-square-foot expansion completed in 2020 enabled the hospital to add 72 patient beds for a new total of 358. The Saint Thomas expansion included a 25-bed clinic decision unit for patients staying for less than 24 hours. The Saint Thomas investment includes an $84 million expansion that added two finished floors and a third unfinished floor for future growth at the main hospital campus. "We are also continuing to recruit new physicians and various specialties in support of our clinical programs," Ferguson said. The hospital has 1,400 employees, and about 400 physicians that are part of the medical staff, Ferguson said. Officials said eight beds will be moved from the main hospital campus in the Gateway to the neighborhood health care campus.Īlthough the hospital relocated to the Gateway area in 2010, Saint Thomas has maintained a presence in downtown by keeping its Saint Louise Clinic open to train doctors and provide charitable health care for the uninsured and underinsured on North Highland Avenue office. Named Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Westlawn Hospital, the $24.6 million neighborhood hospital is expected to open by fall 2022 in the Westlawn development on Veterans Parkway off Interstate 840. "I always tell people that most everybody at some point needs the services of their local hospital, and obliviously the community needs it to be the very best it can be," said Jones, who's also chairman of the Rutherford County Industrial Development Board. "And I believe the physicians, nurses and staff provide that high level of quality care for our community."Īs early as this fall, Ascension will begin construction on a neighborhood hospital in the Blackman area. Hospital Board Chairman Bill Jones is pleased with the healthcare growth and said it helps make Rutherford a more desirable community for people to live in and for companies to relocate to. The second floor of the building will house offices for Ascension Medical Group, as well as shell space to help accommodate growth. The 13,000-square-foot ambulatory surgery center will include gastrointestinal, urology and general surgery services. The development will include two operating rooms and one procedure room that provides services closer to where many patients live. Saint Thomas purchased the 3 acres in 2018 for $1.5 million. Locally, the hospital sees 20,000 patient discharges, 70,000 emergency department visits and completes approximately 9,000 surgical procedures each year.Īscension Saint Thomas: Ascension Saint Thomas explores post-pandemic future of healthcare in ongoing expansions Investments outside GatewayĪscension also will be opening a $16 million ambulatory surgery center in August on 3 acres near an existing Saint Thomas Medical Partners building offering health care services on New Salem Highway near St. Other healthcare providers have followed Saint Thomas to the Gateway area, including Murfreesboro Medical Clinic and Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Children's Surgery and Clinics service. The hospital's main campus is the bulk of the $500 million in investments Ascension Saint Thomas has made in Rutherford County for over a decade. Saint Thomas purchased 68.3 acres for $5.4 million on what's known today as Medical Center Parkway from the Murfreesboro City Council in December 2001. The hospital, previously known as Middle Tennessee Medical Center, relocated to Murfreesboro's thriving Gateway area near Interstate 24 nearly 11 years ago from North Highland Avenue in the downtown area. Ferguson said it's been a privilege to continue a health care service that started in 1927 as Rutherford Hospital. ![]()
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