Reviewed by: Nathan Watson
Inside the new Cooper Green clinic, opening in Birmingham mid-December
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A little more than two years ago, Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority—an affiliate of UAB Health System—broke ground on the new facility at the site of the former parking deck.
Now, the new $120 million, state-of-the-art Cooper Green medical clinic is slated to open in mid-December.
This week, Bham Now took a tour of the new building.
Read on to learn about the much-anticipated new and improved Cooper Green.
About Cooper Green Mercy Health
A vitally important community hospital and medical clinic, Cooper Green was first called Mercy Hospital when it opened 50 years ago in 1972 as a 319-bed acute care clinic.
Owned by Jefferson County, the hospital provided medical services to all residents of the county—regardless of their ability to pay.
Under an agreement between Jefferson County and the UAB Health System, the Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority was created to manage Cooper Green in April 2020.
Since then, the authority has constructed the new facility to replace the original building, which dates to the early 1970s. The aging building is no longer suited to deliver modern ambulatory health care.
David Randall, CEO of Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority, told Bham Now that the new clinic is designed with the employees and patients in mind.
“This marks another milestone, a promise fulfilled, which is the opening of the clinic.
Maybe I’m biased, but I would say this is the nicest healthcare facility in Birmingham and not just because it’s new, but because of how it was designed and built; focusing on the employees that work here and the patients we serve.”
David Randall, Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority
About the new Cooper Green clinic
“I believe that what we’re building here will truly be a national benchmark or a model for others and how we can improve the health and lives in the communities and the individuals that we serve.”
David Randall, Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority
Located at 1509 Sixth Avenue South, the new 211,000-square-foot, five-story clinic provides full-service outpatient care that includes:
- Primary and specialty care clinics
- Urgent care
- Physical, occupational and speech therapy
- Laboratory services
- Imaging
- Pharmacy
- Dental and eye services
“I’m most excited about our physical therapy space, which, quite frankly, I would like to go and use and work out. It includes both an indoor and an outdoor space.”
David Randall, Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority
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