MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford will host a groundbreaking ceremony for Tennessee’s first neighborhood hospital on Veterans Parkway off Interstate 840.

Hospital President and CEO Gordon B. Ferguson commented.. 



The neighborhood hospital will be the first of its kind in Tennessee. Ferguson explains what the hospital in the Blackman area will include...



The groundbreaking ceremony will be Tuesday, September 28, 2021 between 1 and 2 p.m. on Veterans Parkway near Shores Road and I-840.

At last report, the estimated investment is expected to be over $24-million. If all goes as planned, the new facility could be open by late 2022. 

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Again, the new facility will include eight private inpatient medical beds, an emergency department with eight treatment rooms, diagnostic imaging and laboratory services and a second story with convenient outpatient services. 

Below Photo: Rear of facility