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Community Can Show Support For Vanderbilt University Medical Center to Build Rutherford Co. Hospital



Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is strengthening its commitment to serve the healthcare needs of the citizens of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County.

The facility, to be called Vanderbilt Rutherford Hospital, will be constructed on property owned by VUMC located at the intersection of Veterans Parkway and S.R. 840 with a projected cost of $144,276,600.

Vanderbilt Rutherford Hospital will be a full-service community hospital providing emergency room services, obstetrics, surgical capabilities, and cardiac catherization services and it will bring additional ICU capacity to the community.

A similar application for a proposed Vanderbilt Rutherford Hospital was previously considered by the Health Services and Development Agency in August 2020 but was denied in the face of opposition from Saint Thomas Rutherford, StoneCrest Medical Center, and Williamson Medical Center.

“We did not undertake the decision to submit a new application for Vanderbilt Rutherford Hospital lightly. But we have heard from numerous people in Murfreesboro and Rutherford County, including state and local government officials, community and business leaders, fellow healthcare professionals, and most importantly many of our patients, who are vocal supporters of these plans and continue to encourage us to move forward with this proposal,” said C. Wright Pinson, MBA, MD, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Health System Officer for VUMC. With this new application, the community can voice their desires and Vanderbilt encourages taking the time to show support.

VUMC already supports a substantial commitment to area residents, providing more than $8 million in charity care per year and investing more than $40.5 million in capital investments over the past 3 years. In addition, VUMC currently employs more than 1,700 people who live in the Rutherford County area.

“In the last year, Vanderbilt has treated more than 52,000 Rutherford County residents, many of whom travel downtown to our main campus for care. That is a twenty percent increase since 2018. Our commitment is to make VUMC’s services more convenient for our patients while also meeting the future needs of the county’s remarkable growth,” Pinson said.

According to the 2020 Census, Rutherford County’s population grew by 30% in the past 10 years. Unfortunately, the number of hospital beds has not kept up with Rutherford County’s explosive growth. Today, Rutherford County has 53% fewer staffed hospital beds per resident than the average of Tennessee’s other large counties. There is a clear and imminent need for more hospital services in the community.

The community can show their support for VUMC’s goal to offer hospital services in Rutherford County at this website- https://www.vanderbilthealth.com/
information/serving-rutherford-county
. Be sure to check it out!

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