Baptist Health Lexington to open new medical center near Hamburg

Officials with Baptist Health Lexington have announced plans to open a new campus in the Hamburg area of Lexington by 2023.

Hospital leaders expect to break ground on the new campus in the fall of 2020.

The new site will be built on 129 acres in Hamburg in the Polo Club Blvd are near Man O’ War Blvd and Interstate 75. The entrance will be on Polo Club.

Baptist Health Spokesperson Ruth Ann Childers tells WKYT 60 percent of their business comes from that area.

Construction will be done in phases.

The first phase will focus on outpatient surgery and other medical services. That, along with physicians' offices, an emergency room, and surface parking, will open by early 2023.

Baptist Health officials estimate the new campus will create somewhere between 600 to 700 jobs.

Baptist Health's location on Nicholasville Road is not going anywhere. That location is added 43 beds to open in Jan. 2020.

Baptist Health bought the new property in December of 2008.

Baptist Health Spokesperson Ruth Ann Childers tells WKYT this is part of their goal to serve people closer to where they live, and to meet the continued demands of this growing area.

The plans still need the Urban County Planning Commission's approval. The paper reports that meeting is scheduled for final approval at the Dec. 12 meeting.