Collierville hospital doubles ICU beds, plans to grow ER next
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville has doubled its ICU capacity with a new $11 million expansion. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville has doubled its number of intensive care unit beds, adding capacity and allowing the emergency room to expand.
Patients were moved to the new space on Wednesday, Jan. 21.
The utilization rate of the ICU and the growth of the town contributed to the push for the expanded ICU, Lindsay Stencel, Baptist Collierville’s CEO, said.
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Abigail Warren
Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.
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