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Carolinas Healthcare to break ground on Harrisburg ER

Observer staff reports

Posted: Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

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LUKAS JOHNSON - ljohnson@charlotteobserver.com
From left: Carolinas HealthCare System and Carolinas Medical Center staff Mary Anne Nolan, Dr. Drew Matthews, Dennis Phillips, Joe Piemont, Phyllis Wingate, Harrisburg Mayor Tim Hagler and Bill Hubbard ceremonially break ground on CMC-Harrisburg. The $20.2 million project will employ 45 full-time workers. The facility also will have a helipad and be staffed by board-certified in emergency medicine.

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LUKAS JOHNSON - ljohnson@charlotteobserver.com
Harrisburg Mayor Tim Hagler excused himself from the crowd, stepped away from the podium and let out a loud, enthusiastic "woo" before speaking about the new emergency department that's expected to open in 2014 in Harrisburg. The groundbreaking ceremony for CMC-Harrisburg was Feb. 27 off Interstate 485 on Rocky River Road.

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Carolinas HealthCare System will break ground Wednesday on a free-standing ER in Harrisburg.

The $20.2 million, 23,689-square foot emergency department is being build in the 9500 block of Rocky River Road. Construction is expected to be finished in early 2014.

Hospital officials said the new ER will be open 24-7 and have six treatment rooms, a CT scanner, full service lab and a helipad to transport patients, among other features.

Carolinas HealthCare said the ER is being modeled after four other “healthcare pavilions” the system has built in recent years in Steele Creek, Waxhaw, Kannapolis and Huntersville. Another free-standing ER is expected to open in the Morrocroft area next year.

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