Memorial North Park hospital in Hixson will undergo renovations.State officials approved Memorial Health Care System’s certificate-of-need application to expand the hospital’s Hixson location, according to a news release.
The plan includes a replacement of the intensive care unit and renovations to the emergency department, endoscopy unit and radiology space, the release stated.
Three elevators will be installed, along with a partial renovation of one of the hospital’s nursing units, officials said.
Expected to be completed by 2014, the $17.6 million project will increase the number of intensive care beds from eight to 10 while medical-surgical beds will decrease from 61 to 59.
Hospital executives emphasized that the project involves no discontinuation of health care services.