St Vincents gets the green light to build a new hospital

[jandar]

http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/06/02/daily18.html?surround=lfn

St Vincents has gotten the certificate of need passed to build a new 98 bad facility @ Brannan Field Rd and Old Jennings Rd. Just north of the Super Walmart.

Signs are up stating St Vincents is coming soon.

They are required to start construction within 18 months after the approval.

This ruling also allows Baptist the go ahead to build a facility in Fleming Island.

[Jason]

Damn, Baptist and St. Vincents.  I thought they were only going to allow one.

I think 98 beds is very close to the size of the Baptist South hospital before the expansion started.

[thebrokenforum]

They need more hospitals out there badly. It's mind boggling that the area has gone so long with only Orange Park ER for emergency care.

[blizz01]

Where would/will a hospital fit in the Fleming Island area?

[copperfiend]

Where would/will a hospital fit in the Fleming Island area?

The location is off Blanding I believe. Not too far from Oak Leaf Plantation. It's a few minutes from Fleming Island.

[jandar]

St Vincents is building at Brannan Field and Old Jennings.

Baptist will be/supposed to be built @ US17 and Village Plantation Parkway in Fleming Island.

Orange Park Medical Center wanted/wants to build a new hospital in Green Cove Springs as well.

[Planner]

I wonder where this new hospital stands?
Anyone know?

[reednavy]

It is on hold because of the "recession".

[stephenc]

yeah, just a bunch of pine trees.

[thekillingwax]

http://jacksonville.com/business/2009-07-13/story/appeals_court_rules_in_favor_of_st_vincents_for_clay_hospital


It was never on hold. They've been tied up in court because HCA appealed the last decision and although they say they won't, they'll probably try and appeal this on too. HCA doesn't want another hospital out there because OPMC is probably the worst one in the area and anyone who opens another facility will sap away a big chunk of their business.

[jandar]

http://jacksonville.com/business/2009-07-13/story/appeals_court_rules_in_favor_of_st_vincents_for_clay_hospital


It was never on hold. They've been tied up in court because HCA appealed the last decision and although they say they won't, they'll probably try and appeal this on too. HCA doesn't want another hospital out there because OPMC is probably the worst one in the area and anyone who opens another facility will sap away a big chunk of their business.

Ding ding ding, we have a winner. OPMC is good for labor, thats about it. The ER is always packed and the wait times are sometimes just as long as Shands.

I'll be happy to see ground broken.

[Lilysmom5]

Clay is in desperate need of another hospital. Unless u get there at 5am, you will be waiting in the ER up to around 2-3 hours just to get in the back. Even when u are "in" it still takes forever just to know what the heck is wrong with you. The express care may have helped a little, but not enough.

[Mattius92]

Clay is in desperate need of another hospital. Unless u get there at 5am, you will be waiting in the ER up to around 2-3 hours just to get in the back. Even when u are "in" it still takes forever just to know what the heck is wrong with you. The express care may have helped a little, but not enough.

I agree with you, Clay has one hospital, yet the county has over 100,000 poeple. And its not exactly the amount of poeple, its the size of the county compared to the location of the only hospital. A hospital in Middleburg, would really help Green Cove Springs, Middleburg, Fleming Island and Keystone Heights. 

[jandar]

Here's the latest article I can find about this:
http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2010/05/03/story9.html?b=1272859200^3275821

Part of extending care will involve St. Luke’s, which continues to grow, and its upcoming hospital in Clay County. St. Vincent’s in 2008 won final approval to build a 98-bed hospital in the county after three years of legal battles for the state’s Certificate of Need.

St. Vincent’s bought land in Middleburg at Branan Field Road to build the hospital. The first site to be built will be an ambulatory medical center on the hospital’s future campus, which will get patients accustomed to traveling there for care ahead of the hospital construction. St. Vincent’s has hired an architect to design the building, and Chisholm expects construction will be under way within 18 months.

“I want to move forward as quickly as I can with the Clay County hospital,” he said.

[urbanlibertarian]

Why would the state of Florida want to restrict the building of hospitals?  Doesn't this artificially reduce the supply of healthcare and push costs higher (Econ 101)?