Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

The six-story, 100-bed facility is slated for an undeveloped 32-acre parcel on North Sumter Boulevard near Interstate 75. The board also plans to build another hospital in nearby Wellen Park.

The 21-room, 15,000-square-foot freestanding ER facility, the hospital system's fourth, will help serve residents of north Sarasota County and south Manatee County.

The significantly larger emergency department is part of a broader effort by the health system to expand services in south Sarasota County.

The facility will support clinical trials and “transformative” research, and offer hands-on training for doctors, nurses and med students with the goal of drawing "top-tier" health workers.

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System and Lee Health said they are not “subordinate” to the attorney general, as they were created by the Legislature.

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