Memphis Methodist University Hospital Breaks Ground on $280 Million Expansion
With a row of hardhats and shovels arranged neatly in front of him, Dr. David Stern reflected Wednesday, Oct. 5, on the significance of the $280 million construction project underway nearby on the campus of Methodist University Hospital.
“It’s too simplistic to say build it, and they will come,” said Stern, executive dean for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine, about Methodist’s master campus plan for its flagship hospital. “But I can tell you that without a world-class facility, you can’t make it a place that patients want to come (to) and doctors we recruit from all over the world, that they want to come as well.”
Stern was speaking on the occasion of Methodist formally breaking ground on the project at the corner of Eastmoreland Avenue and Bellevue Boulevard. Expected to be finished in early 2019, the modernization project includes a new 440,000-square-foot tower that will create room to upgrade services within the hospital.
According to Methodist, the upgrade of services includes a consolidation of oncology, transplant and outpatient programs into a new centralized area that will increase efficiency for medical staff and caregivers and create a better overall experience for patients, family and visitors.
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