As Gainesville's community hospital, North Florida Regional Medical Center (NFRMC) has continued it's incredible growth and is poised to open it's new $62 Million 4-story patient tower. With the opening of the 150,000-square foot facility, NFRMC grows to a 445-bed, full-service medical and surgical acute care center serving 14 counties and offering comprehensive cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, neurosciences, minimally-invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery, weight loss surgery and treatments, women's health and wound therapy, among other services. The new tower adds a Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, as well as advanced patient care areas devoted exclusively to cardiovascular and neuroscience patients. A proven leader, NFRMC is fully accredited, is certified as a Primary Stroke Center and a Quality Top Performer by The Joint Commission in 2010 and 2011, is an accredited Chest Pain Center, is designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement, Spine Surgery and Bariatric Surgery and recognized by U.S. News & World Report for it's High-Performing Gynecology Program. North Florida Regional Medical Center is a member of the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). Based in Nashville, Tennessee, HCA is the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, a company comprised of locally managed facilities that include about 163 hospitals and 109 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and Great Britian. 

Join the Chamber for a Ribbon Cutting at this impressive new facility before it opens to the public! Ribbon will be cut promptly at 10:15 am.