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Expanded ER and trauma center opens at Alabama hospital

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By Associated Press 1 min read

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – A new emergency department and trauma center opened Friday at a major Alabama hospital serving the Mobile area after a $20 million expansion project.

USA Health cut the ribbon on a new emergency department at University Hospital. The 27,000-square-foot addition is nearly three times the size of the current ER and trauma center at the hospital.

The expansion includes 38 examination rooms and three trauma bays, plus X-ray and medical imaging equipment. USA Health describes the facility as the only top-tier trauma center on the northern Gulf Coast.

The facility is named for Fanny Meisler, the late wife of area philanthropist Bert Meisler, who gave $5 million for the project. The state provided $4 million to help fund the work.