LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – UK HealthCare has introduced plans to construct one other hospital in Lexington.
UK HealthCare introduced Friday morning plans to enter a purchase order settlement to initially purchase about 27 acres of property for roughly $20.3 million within the Hamburg improvement alongside I-75.
We’re advised the situation is the place Meadowcrest Mansion was, off Winchester Highway close to Polo Membership Blvd.
The property is anticipated to be a future dwelling for a medical campus that would embody a regional hospital facility, a medical workplace constructing and/or different scientific amenities.
As a part of its 2025 strategic plan, UK HealthCare says they’re specializing in offering extra well being care entry to Kentuckians and making certain that entry is extra conveniently situated for sufferers.
“In 1952, UK’s Albert B. Chandler Medical Middle first opened its doorways, starting a brand new period of well being care in Kentucky,” mentioned Mark F. Newman, M.D., UK government vp for well being affairs. “As we rejoice our sixtieth anniversary by honoring those that got here earlier than us, we’re additionally trying to the long run. We acknowledge the necessity to make well being care extra geographically accessible for our sufferers in Lexington in addition to throughout central and jap Kentucky. Not solely will this location be extra handy for a lot of of our sufferers, it should assist our continued development in outpatient companies and create extra capability for important scientific applications.”
The proposed neighborhood medical campus will present acute care companies to enrich UK HealthCare’s most important medical middle amenities, UK Chandler Hospital and UK Kentucky Clinic.
We requested Dr. Newman about their plans to workers the campus, given widespread nursing shortages throughout the nation.
“We’re working laborious each with our healthcare faculties and BCTC to push for added individuals coming into the sphere and pull individuals again into the sphere which have gone into different instructions as a result of that is a matter for us,” Dr. Newman mentioned.
A spokesperson for Baptist Well being Lexington, which is within the strategy of constructing a brand new hospital in the identical space, launched this assertion about UK HealthCare’s announcement:
“We have been the primary to acknowledge that finding in Hamburg would greatest serve our rising variety of sufferers who dwell and work in that space of our Commonwealth. We’re not stunned that somebody would comply with our lead, and we’re excited to open our new emergency room, outpatient surgical procedure middle, most cancers middle, and doctor workplace buildings within the spring of 2024. As our sufferers drive by 2000 Polo Membership Boulevard and see the location and the buildings going up they frequently specific their gratitude to us as they anticipate receiving the standard, compassionate care they’re used to nearer to dwelling.”
UK HealthCare officers say the necessity for extra amenities is excessive.
“As child boomers grow old, we’re going to wish, we’re going to have a requirement for companies that’s going to outstrip our capability,” mentioned Dr. Newman.
Dr. Newman says he expects the primary section of the mission to be accomplished within the subsequent two to 2 and a half years. We’re advised a brand new hospital may then be added to the campus.
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