February 14, 2022 Group Watch: USDA Invests $360M to Build Hospital to Serve Rural Residents
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest $360 million in the Medical West Hospital Authority to build a state-of-the-art 200-bed hospital in McCalla. The new Medical West Hospital will serve more than 300,000 rural people in west Jefferson County, Tuscaloosa County and other surrounding rural communities. The 405,186-square-foot facility will feature a 26-room emergency department, 12 operating rooms, eight labor and delivery rooms and eight multipurpose rooms. The project is part of the USDA’s total investment of $1 billion to build and improve critical community facilities in Alabama and 47 other states, as well as Puerto Tico and Guam.
