Mercy filed a letter of intent with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to construct a 75-bed, next-generation hospital in Wentzville, Missouri. By addressing population growth in the state’s tri-county area – encompassing St. Charles, Lincoln and Warren counties – the hope is to bring care to the significant number of patients who live in those counties.
With a projected investment of $650 million, the 483,000-square-foot medical complex will be located on approximately 60 acres near the intersection of Interstate 64 and Interstate 70 and be the state’s first completely new, acute-care hospital campus built since 2015 when Mercy opened its hospital in Joplin following the 2011 tornado.
Mercy officials plan to hold roundtable discussions, allowing the public and community leaders an opportunity to provide feedback and ideas for the new hospital and expanding healthcare services in the region.
In addition to making healthcare more convenient for patients, the new facility will bring hundreds of new long-term healthcare jobs to the region including more primary care physicians, specialists, nurses and other support services. More immediately, the project will bring local, union construction jobs to the region, with the work expected to take about four years.
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