Baptist plans new $24M Fayette County hospital
Several dozen community leaders and elected officials attended the grand opening of the Baptist Arlington Emergency Department Jan. 5, 2023. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
In 2015, Fayette County’s only hospital closed after averaging one inpatient a day. Baptist is counting on a population boom due to BlueOval City.
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BlueOval City Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. Fayette County Jason LittleAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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