LAKE NORMAN, N.C. — Charlotte-based Atrium Health is planning a $147.1 million hospital in the north Charlotte region.
The 160,000-square-foot facility would operate as an extension of Atrium's University City location. It would be at the southwest corner of Westmoreland Road and N.C. Highway 21 in Cornelius.
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Plans call for 30 acute-care beds -- 20 medical/surgical, six labor and delivery and four intensive care.
Other highlights include 10 emergency bays with a helipad; three operating rooms, one of which is dedicated to C-sections; imaging services; and an on-site laboratory and pharmacy.
Atrium said plans for the Lake Norman hospital are in response to a growing population in that area. It's part of the health-care system's larger strategy to bring care closer to the patients.
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