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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Presbyterian Healthcare announced today that it would file a certificate of need with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control to build a 64 bed hospital in Ft. Mill. The application will be filed by the deadline of March 11, 2005.

Services at the hospital will include medical, surgical, intensive care, obstetrical, diagnostic, cardiac catheterization and MRI. The hospital also will offer a full array of imaging, respiratory care, surgical services, lab, pharmacy, emergency and other related services. The hospital is estimated to cost between $75-95 million.

In addition to the new hospital, and separate from the hospital application, Presbyterian plans to operate an urgent care facility to serve the needs of patients in the western part of the county. The goal is for this urgent care facility to eventually operate around-the-clock, seven days a week. This facility will be staffed by physicians specializing in emergency medicine, which will ensure the highest quality of care is provided to those patients.

Final details will be released after March 11.

"Residents of Ft. Mill, York, Rock Hill and South Carolina have been coming to Presbyterian Hospital for over a century because of our high quality of care. Our health system, Novant Health, has a major presence in York County, with 225 of our employees working in the Ft. Mill area, and Presbyterian also provides lab services to local patients in our satellite location in Rock Hill," said Carl Armato, president and CEO of Presbyterian Healthcare. "We're thrilled to expand our services in South Carolina to include a hospital and urgent care center in York County," added Armato.

"Physicians, staff and the community will be actively involved in planning the new facility," Armato said. "We feel very strongly that input will result in a higher quality of medical care for our patients." Armato said community forums will be held to get input from the community about what they want to see in the new hospital.