Central Florida expecting busy year of healthcare construction

Central Florida is expecting a busy year of healthcare construction, according to an article on the Orlando Sentinel website.

Projects in the works range from new hospitals to free-standing emergency departments and medical office buildings.

Oviedo Medical Center has unveiled its brand new 64-bed hospital, South Lake Hospital has broken ground on a free-standing emergency department in Leesburg and Orlando Health has begun the first phase of its hospital campus at Horizon West in West Orange County, the article said.

In a highly competitive market, Orlando Health, Florida Hospital and the national chain HCA are building inpatient and outpatient facilities to serve the area's growing population.

Read the article.