This past Friday, Cirrus Health announced that the land on which Forney Regional Medical Center will be located has been officially purchased. Forney Regional Medical Center will be located along FM 548, at the intersection of FM 548 and the yet-to-be-built Rogers Parkway, south of Highway 80. The 102,000 square foot hospital will include an emergency room, an obstetric unit with four birthing rooms, two procedure rooms, four operating rooms, a heart cath lab and an initial capacity of 40 beds. The hospital could create up to 150 jobs in Forney.

The FRMC has aligned itself with the Medical City of Dallas and will have a heliport to quickly transport patients needing more advanced care to Medical City. Groundbreaking on the new hospital has yet to be scheduled, but is expected to occur in late February. Cirrus Health has created a website with more information about the hospital.

Click read on for an update about Forney Medical Plaza, the other hospital being built in Forney…

At about the same time Cirrus Health announced their project, PM Realty announced Forney Medical Plaza, a 14-acre medical complex planned to include a hospital, medical offices and a day surgery center. Forney Medical Plaza will be located along Highway 80, between Highway 80 and Broad Street, on the south-west side of the 80/FM 548 intersection. The first phase of the project is already taking shape and is visible from the highway - a 54,000 square foot medical office building which should be completed by this summer. Additional, future phases of the project are planned to include a 12,000 square foot day surgery and diagnostic center as well as a 60 bed hospital.

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