– UK HealthCare officials have scrapped plans for a community hospital near Hamburg due to a strategic refresh that focused on expanding capacity at Albert B. Chandler Hospital instead.
– The decision to pivot in strategy was made to better serve the commonwealth and focus on care for the state’s sickest patients.
– UK HealthCare purchased land in Hamburg with plans to build an outpatient medical office building instead of a community hospital.
– The goal is to expand advanced care services, such as solid organ transplants, that can only be done at UK HealthCare in the state.
– UK HealthCare officials aim to bring care closer to employees in the Hamburg area and are gathering feedback to determine the specialties offered in the medical office building.
– The expansion of Chandler Hospital will increase bed capacity from 1,100 to 1,400 to accommodate more transfer patients.
– The medical office building in Hamburg is projected to open in 2027 or 2028, with site prep expected to finish by the end of this year.