Construction on a new six-story Mercy Hospital is expected to begin later this year beside the Oklahoma Heart Hospital South in Oklahoma City.

The new hospital will be around 228,000 square-feet with an estimated cost of more than $150 million. It will include 72 patient beds.

“We are always looking for ways to meet the growing health care needs of our community,” said David Whitaker, chief administrative officer of Mercy in Oklahoma.

“As more people move south, we can better accommodate them by providing the same level of care they already know and trust," Whitaker said.

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