The Medical University of South Carolina has received approval to build a $325 million hospital complex within the Nexton community. According to an MUSC press release, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has approved the hospital's certificate of need, which is a requirement before healthcare organizations can carry out expansions, new construction or acquisitions.
“The Nexton hospital will be a much-needed addition to our health care system,” said MUSC President David J. Cole in the release.
“Our network of MUSC hospitals, clinics and other care facilities is positioned to provide patients with the right care, at the right time and in the right location. As the only publicly assisted, comprehensive, statewide academic medical center, MUSC has a mission and responsibility unlike any other health care facility in South Carolina. We are charged with discovering, developing, teaching and delivering the most advanced health care for every patient across the state.”
The facility will be named the MUSC Health Community Hospital at Nexton and is anticipated to open in 2022 with 128 beds, the release said. The 311,221-square-foot facility will offer patients specialized inpatient and outpatient services.
The Nexton community, a place of rapid population growth, was chosen as the hospital site because of its close proximity to Interstate 26 and Highway 17. DHEC also identified the need for MUSC to provide 147 more patient beds to meet the area's healthcare demand.
“We must position our health care network in synchronicity with the energetic growth of the greater Charleston community," Patrick J. Cawley, MUSC Health CEO and vice president of Health Affairs, University, said in the release.
