Baptist plans new $24M Fayette County hospital

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 18, 2024 5:24 PM CT | Published: September 18, 2024 1:00 PM CT

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 Little
Aisling Mäki

Aisling 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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