The Georgia Department of Community Health has approved Wellstar Health System’s plans for a new 230-bed hospital on Cobb Parkway.
Wellstar announced the proposal in May as a way to address “growing need for hospital beds in Acworth and the surrounding areas,” and subsequently filed a certificate of need application in June.
“Wellstar has been notified that the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has approved its application to build the new Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center at Acworth,” said Matthew O’Connor, Wellstar’s executive director of external communications…