- HCA Healthcare is opening a new emergency room in Mount Pleasant, marking its first brick-and-mortar presence in the affluent town.
More than half a century after treating its first patients in the Lowcountry, HCA Healthcare Charleston is ready for its East Cooper close-up.
The Nashville-based medical giant will mark the opening of its new emergency room at 645 Long Point Road in Mount Pleasant on Aug. 15. The public is invited to an 11 a.m. ribbon cutting and an open house that runs until 3 p.m.
HCA, which previously was known locally as Trident Health System, bought the 4-acre property across from Belle Hall Shopping Center for $4.35 million several years ago. The 11,020-square-foot ER will be open around the clock…