On November 17th, Medical West Hospital, an affiliate of the UAB Health System, broke ground on its new facility that will replace the current aging hospital following the completion of construction in 2024.
The new facility will include a 412,000 square foot, nine-story hospital with 200 beds and a 127,000 square foot, five-story medical office building. The facility, a full-service hospital, will feature a new surgical suite with 12 operating rooms, state-of-the-art imaging technology, more intensive care beds and robotic surgery capacity.
Serving Bessemer, Hueytown, Vance, Tannehill, Parkwest, and Hoover, Medical West has over 1,100 employees and more than 250 physicians on its medical staff, and in combination with the Medical West Freestanding Emergency Department, the hospital sees over75,000 visits annually.
