Grimsley
Grimsley, TN · Health
The Daily Times
Prisma to seek variance for 129k sq. ft. surgery center on former Royal Oaks Golf Course property
Prisma Health officials are one approval away from constructing a 129,000-square-foot outpatient surgery center on land near the Royal Oaks subdivision after Maryville Planning Commission approved a rezoning and land use reclassification request Tuesday, March 24. The request, as presented by C2RL’s Chris Soro, asked commissioners to consider rezoning an approximately 16-acre parcel on the former Royal Oaks Golf Course property from residential to commercial use in the city’s Business/Transportation zone. Commissioners voted 6-0 to recommend approval to the Maryville City Council, with Chair Keri Prigmore abstaining. Because the surgery center as presented exceeds the city’s 10,000-square-foot maximum for construction within a commercial zone, Prisma Health officials will need to receive a variance from the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals in order to proceed further. The parcel in question has been owned by the hospital since 2013, when former Royal Oaks Golf Course operator Tinker Richmond sold the land for around $600,000. Richmond continued to lease the property from the hospital for course use until he was forced to close in 2018. The land has sat vacant since. At the time of the sale, BMH officials indicated they may use the land for a new assisted- and independent-living facility, an
WATE
Blount County hospital moves closer to getting new surgery center, outpatient offices
WATE
Maryville could soon approve construction of surgery center at former golf course
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Maryville City Council could soon give the go-ahead for a new surgery center and outpatient medical office to be built. If approved, the proposed 129,000-square-foot building would be located at the former Royal Oaks Golf Course off of Legends Way in Maryville. It would be operated by Prisma Health, the […]
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Maryville-Based Prominent Healthcare Facility to Cut 85 Jobs
Blount Memorial Hospital has filed a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice. The healthcare facility is located in Tennessee and will lay off 85 employees, effective in May. Blount Memorial Hospital Files WARN Notice for Employee Layoffs. Blount Memorial Hospital has submitted a WARN notice to the Tennessee Department...
WBIR
Covenant Health Park opens to the public during the day starting March 23
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Covenant Health Park Concourse will start being open to the public during select hours and days, the Knoxville Knox County Sports Authority announced Thursday. Starting March 23, the concourse will be open to the public Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors...
The Oak Ridger
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge will run on backup power tonight
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge will be running on backup power for several hours tonight, March 13, but patient care and operations will be uninterrupted. The reason? The hospital is working with the city of Oak Ridge to upgrade infrastructure to the hospital’s electrical system according to hospital spokesperson Crystal Jordan. Methodist Medical Center will be on backup power starting at 7 p.m. and will remain on it for several hours. This article originally appeared on Oakridger: Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge will run on backup power tonight
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Jury deliberations underway in federal Rocky Hill Pharmacy trial
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Federal prosecutors have rested their case in the case of three women accused of running a multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme in West Knoxville for nearly six years. Closing statements were made and the jury retired to begin deliberations Wednesday evening. The federal trial against Tiffany Haney and Anne Warren, the […]
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WVLT
Tennessee Pharmacy Bill Sparks Debate at State Capitol as Full Vote Approaches
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Nurse of the Month helping shape the next generation of nurses
6 News' Nurse of the Month for March is training the next generation of nurses. Dr. Charity Stanley, a nurse practitioner and a nursing professor at Roane State Community College, is using her experience to help the students better connect with their patients.
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Walters State health care training program gets boost from state grant
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A state grant awarded to Walters State Community College will help more adults return to school and prepare to enter the health care industry. Walters State has received a grant from the Tennessee Department of Labor to support its Division of Workforce Training Allied Health Program through the rural health workforce […]
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Mussel restoration efforts aim to help cleanup Tennessee River
Once numbering in the billions across the Tennessee River watershed, mussel populations have sharply declined over the past century due to pollution, habitat loss and industrial activity, according to Dr. Michael McKinney, professor of earth, environmental and planetary sciences at the University of Tennessee. “There used to be billions of...