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Cone Health Seeks State Approval For Multi-Million Dollar MedCenter Complex

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Cone Health wants to build a new emergency department near the Greensboro Urban Loop.

The hospital is asking for state approval to build a $23.5 million facility. The 17-bed MedCenter would be constructed at the Drawbridge Parkway and Battleground Avenue intersection.

“Our MedCenters are models of moving health care services into the community where consumers want them,” says Terry Akin, CEO, Cone Health. “The location just off of the urban loop will be very convenient for people, not only in Greensboro, but in all of northwest Guilford County and western Rockingham County.”

In a news release, Cone Health says the project is designed to meet population growth in the area and the needs of an aging population.

It also says the MedCenter will make it much easier for people to get MRIs, CTs, X-rays and other imaging services without having to travel to a hospital.

The state could approve the application as early as August. Should that happen, plans call for it to open in the summer of 2020.

The complex would join other Cone Health MedCenters in Kernersville, High Point and Mebane.

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Keri Brown is a multi-award winning reporter and host at 88.5 WFDD. She has been honored with two regional Edward R. Murrow awards for her stories about coal ash, and was named the 2015 radio reporter of the year by the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC).Although she covers a variety of topics, her beats are environmental and education reporting.Keri comes to the Triad from West Virginia Public Broadcasting, where she served as the Chief Bureau Reporter for the Northern Panhandle. She produced stories for the state's Public Television and Radio programs and was honored by the West Virginia Associated Press Broadcasters Association for her feature and enterprise reporting.She also served as an adjunct instructor at Wheeling Jesuit University and Bethany College in West Virginia. She worked with the Center for Educational Technologies in Wheeling, WV, and other NASA centers across the country to develop several stories about the use of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts in the classroom.Keri's journalism career began at WTRF-TV 7 in Wheeling. She worked in several roles at the station, including the head assignment editor. She also was a field producer and assignment manager at WPGH-TV Fox 53 in Pittsburgh.Keri is a graduate of Ohio University. When she's not in the studio or working on a story, she enjoys watching college football with her family, cooking, and traveling.Keri is always looking for another great story idea, so please share them with her. You can follow her on Twitter @kerib_news.

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