Above: View of the new facility for St. Joseph-London while it was under construction
The new St. Joseph-London hospital opened on August 19. The $152 million, 340,000-square-foot hospital held its ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesda in late July, but patients at the downtown hospital were transferred beginning at 5 AM on Aug. 19. New patients admitted after that got to go straight to the new hospital.
St. Joseph-London includes 120 private rooms, artwork from local artists, and a lake and garden on 52 acres. The hospital's "Serenity Garden" is being designed by Kentucky celebrity gardener Jon Carloftis.
The new facility is nearly twice the size of the hospital it replaced in downtown London, which was the former Marymount Medical Center. St. Joseph-London is now located right off Interstate 75 for more convenient access.
The new hospital plans to expand the cardiology and obstetrics-gynecology services. The first open-heart surgery in southeastern Kentucky was performed at the hospital in 2000.
Congratulations to the the folks at St. Joseph-London!
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