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Construction underway on $116 hospital in Charlotte

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Atrium Health broke ground on a new, $116 million hospital Thursday morning, amid a continuing fight between Charlotte’s biggest health systems for hospital beds.Atrium is building a 150,000-square-foot hospital — to be called Atrium Health Union West — in Stallings, Union County, near the Mecklenburg County line. The health systems estimates the building will be completed in early 2022.Atrium announced plans for the hospital in October 2018. The hospital will have 40 acute care beds, two operating rooms and 10 emergency department bays.

The hospital is one of Atrium’s planned expansions in the coming years for the region. At the same time, the health system has been sparring with rival Novant Health in a months-long fight for more hospital beds.

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