Charleston Metro Chamber Of Commerce: Groundbreaking For James Island Emergency

Charleston SC

19 April, 2022

2:08 PM

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Press release from the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce: April 14, 2022 Trident Medical Center will break ground on a new freestanding ER on James Island on Monday, May 2 at 10:00 am. The emergency medical facility will be located at 945 Folly Road, Charleston, SC 29412. The 11-bed nearly 13,000 square foot facility is expected to open in April 2023. Emergency medical services will be available 24/7. For Trident Health President and CEO Christina Oh the project marks a new chapter in the health system's nearly 50-year presence in the Lowcountry. "We are committed to expanding services to our underserved communities. The research indicates the further away Lowcountry families are from medical care the more they are at risk for poor health outcomes. Our new James Island freestanding ER will provide residents of James and Johns Island and their neighbors access to board-certified emergency physicians who are part of a Trident Health team that provided emergency care to more than 150,000 Lowcountry patients last year." Trident Health currently includes two acute care hospitals, 321-bed Trident Medical Center and 124-bed Summerville Medical Center, and three freestanding ERs, Brighton Park Emergency, Centre Pointe Emergency and Moncks Corner Medical Center. Healthgrades, a national healthcare quality ratings agency, has named both Trident Health hospitals among its 250 Best Hospitals in America ranking and recipients of its Patient Safety Excellence Award™ for 2022. The health system is also building a new 60-bed freestanding behavioral health hospital. When completed in April 2023 it will be the first of its kind in the Lowcountry in more than 30 years. This press release was produced by the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author's own.