Expanded ER and trauma center opens at Mobile hospital

Published 1:30 pm Friday, December 11, 2020

MOBILE (AP) — A new emergency department and trauma center opened Friday at a major Alabama hospital serving the Mobile area after a $20 million expansion project.

USA Health cut the ribbon on a new emergency department at University Hospital. The 27,000-square-foot addition is nearly three times the size of the current ER and trauma center at the hospital.

The expansion includes 38 examination rooms and three trauma bays, plus X-ray and medical imaging equipment. USA Health describes the facility as the only top-tier trauma center on the northern Gulf Coast.

The facility is named for Fanny Meisler, the late wife of area philanthropist Bert Meisler, who gave $5 million for the project. The state provided $4 million to help fund the work.