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Orlando Health breaks ground for new hospital in Lake Mary

LAKE MARY, Fla. — Orlando Health leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony for its newest hospital in Lake Mary.

The Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital will have 180 beds housed in two six-story towers with the ability to expand up to 240 beds.

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Officials said the hospital will be a comprehensive acute care facility.

A key focus area for the new hospital will be women’s health, including labor and delivery services, and a future neonatal intensive care unit, Orlando Health said.

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The hospital will also include six state-of-the-art operating rooms and two catheterization labs, a comprehensive imaging suite, medical-surgical bed units, an observation unit, dining, chapel and gift shop, among other features.

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Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital will be located at 380 Rinehart Road.

See a map of the hospital location below:

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Katlyn Brieskorn, WFTV.com

Katlyn Brieskorn is a Digital Assignment Editor at WFTV. She joined Channel 9 in July 2019.