A new hospital is scheduled to open next month in Ringgold, replacing the existing CommonSpirit Memorial Hospital North Georgia, owned by Catoosa County, the old Hutcheson Medical Center in Fort Oglethorpe.
The county plans to convert the old center into a mixed-use facility of housing and retail space.
The new hospital, 4710 Battlefield Parkway, will be owned and operated by CommonSpirit, which has been leasing the old Hutcheson facility from the county for the past eight years while working on developing the new hospital.
CommonSpirit will continue to operate from the old Hutcheson center until the new hospital is opened Jan. 11, according to Angie Stiggins, administrator for the North Georgia campus.