LOUISVILLE — UofL Health is opening a new hospital in Bullitt County that it says will help. Improving access to health care In Kentucky, suffering from scarcity of health care providers.
$78 million for UofL Health Minami Hospitallocated just off Interstate 65's Brooks exit 121, has 40 inpatient beds and room for 20 more.
UofL Health CEO Tom Miller said in a statement that the new facility, the health system's ninth hospital, “will allow us to provide world-class, innovative care to even more patients.” .
South Hospital has 10 intensive care unit (ICU) beds. UofL Health says it will be able to offer “enhanced cardiac care services, including cardiac and vascular catheterization,” pharmacy services and “increased operating room capacity” to both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Dorie Shelburne, CEO of the new hospital, said the facility's location will allow more patients to be “closer to home, closer to their families” if they need overnight accommodations. Ta.
“The need for a full-service hospital in our region is well established,” University of Louisville President Kim Schatzel said in a statement. “This remarkable new facility will integrate the expanded, high-quality services and expertise of an academic health system. It will allow more doctors and nurses to serve the people of Bullitt County and surrounding areas. It will be like this.”
The opening of the hospital will also create 150 new jobs. Staff expects to see patients from Bullitt County, Spencer County, Nelson County, Meade County, Hardin County and parts of Jefferson.
Ultimately, Louisville's health care system new cancer center Inside the South Hospital campus.that Asks Kentucky Legislature for $25 million to build that facility. the senate obligedBut it remains to be seen whether the House will agree to the quota.
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