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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Phoenix-based Banner Health is planning to open a new hospital and clinic in Tucson.
The Arizona Daily Star reports (http://bit.ly/1QAJYXd ) that the nonprofit company is investing $500 million to expand its Tucson operations. Construction crews were already at work Monday prepping land for the new 670,000-square-foot nine-story hospital tower to be built west of the existing Banner-University Medical Center Tucson.
Banner has been referring to the new hospital as a replacement for the existing facility. It is the only academic medical center in Southern Arizona.
Diamond Children's and a recently built emergency department will be incorporated into the new hospital, which is expected to open in late 2019.
Banner officials say they are also planning a 200,000-square-foot outpatient clinic to open in early 2018.
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Information from: Arizona Daily Star, http://www.tucson.com
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