Brevard’s Billion-Dollar Battle for Patients: Orlando Health vs. Health First - The Space Coast Rocket

Orlando Health's Rockledge closure sparks combined $1B hospital expansion race in Brevard County

Brevard’s Billion-Dollar Battle for Patients: Orlando Health vs. Health First - The Space Coast Rocket

Brevard County’s growing population has triggered a billion-dollar race to build new medical facilities, following Orlando Health’s recent closure of Rockledge Hospital.Orlando Health shut down the 298-bed Rockledge facility in April, citing the hospital’s deteriorating condition when it was acquired from Steward Health Care. But rather than abandon the Space Coast, Orlando Health has committed to an aggressive $750 million expansion plan throug…