Northeast Georgia Medical System passes this hurdle for new surgery center at Braselton Campus

The Northeast Georgia Health System intends to build a new “Medical Plaza 2,” containing a 25,000-plus-square-foot Ambulatory Surgery Center, at its Braselton campus once it gains approval from the Georgia Department of Community Health. The Hall County Planning Commission Monday July 19 approved a rezoning application from NGHS to reduce parking requirements for its Braselton campus in order to build the new specialty office building.The building will be located behind the existing Medical Plaza 1, according to a statement from Anthony Williamson, Southern market leader and president of Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton, and it would include four operating rooms, two procedure rooms and prep and recovery areas. This proposed building has been in the works for a few years but has so far failed to obtain a Certificate of Need from the Georgia Department of Community Health. Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton received approval from the department in early 2019, but that decision was opposed by Northside Hospital, Williamson wrote in a statement. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, judicial hearing testimony was not completed in 2019, resulting in a continuation of the hearing in June 2021, Williamson wrote. NGMC is still waiting on a decision.“We remain optimistic that our CON…
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