By HFT Staff

HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, an affiliate of HCA Florida Healthcare, announced the opening of a new freestanding emergency room, HCA Florida Osceola East Emergency. The $15.5 million facility offers emergency care for adults and children, year-round. 

HCA Florida Osceola East Emergency is a full-service, state-of-the-art emergency room with board certified emergency medicine physicians, nurses and healthcare professionals ready to service the needs of the community with the same capabilities as a main hospital emergency room. It features 11 emergency exam rooms, CT scan, digital X-ray, ultrasound, laboratory services, and can care for all ages, including pediatrics. The 11,000-square-foot facility is expected to serve more than 100,000 local residents and employs approximately 22 full-time healthcare professionals. 

With the opening of HCA Florida Osceola East Emergency, HCA Florida Osceola Hospital offers four always available freestanding emergency rooms in Central Florida: HCA Florida Hunter’s Creek Emergency, HCA Florida Millenia Emergency, HCA Florida Airport North Emergency and HCA Florida Osceola East Emergency.