Supply - Brunswick Community Hospital has completed the purchase of a 100-acre site for its new 74-bed facility. The new location is approximately three miles north of the hospital's current site and is on the South-bound side of Hwy. 17.

"We are excited that the land purchase is complete and look forward to starting construction," said Denise Mihal, Brunswick Community Hospital's president and CEO. "We appreciate the nearly 8,000 people who signed letters of support on behalf of our proposal to the state to build a new hospital. With that community support, the new hospital is becoming a reality."

The 100-acre tract of land for the new hospital is part of a larger site planned for mixed use development that is managed by Cameron Management of Wilmington, N.C.

Construction on the new hospital will start this spring, and opening is expected to occur in early 2010. The new Brunswick Community Hospital will feature all private rooms and include the following services:

• 74 acute care beds and four observation beds
• Four surgical operating rooms
• One c-section room
• 24-hour emergency department
• Maternity center
• Intensive care unit
• Imaging services
• Full-service laboratory and pharmacy
• Outpatient services, including physical therapy, speech therapy and cardiac rehabilitation

For more information, visit www.BrunswickCommunityHospital.org.

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