The move comes as developers look to south Austin as a new market for residential and commercial properties.
The Baylor Scott & White Austin Medical Center opened officially Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (KXAN Photo/Julie Karam)
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Baylor Scott & White officially opens its Austin Medical Center Thursday, cutting the ribbon on its third hospital to open in Central Texas in a little more than a year.
The facility, located on U.S. Highway 290 just west of the MoPac Expressway, is about four miles west of St. David’s South Austin Medical Center. The company says demand from patients pushed them to open the full-service hospital, which includes an emergency department, intensive care and a surgical center.
“If it’s closer to home and you don’t have to fight traffic and those sort of things to try to get to your doctor or get to the nurse, you’re more likely to do that,” said Jessie Everline, director of operations for the new facility.
Baylor Scott & White opened two other hospitals, in Buda and Pflugerville, since December 2018.
On KXAN News Today, why the company says it’s growing so fast in the area.
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