CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Children's Hospital plans to extend its roots to Clermont County with a new medical building announced for Eastgate.
The new facility will be a medical building intended to house an outpatient surgery center, specialty clinics and an urgent care. The two-story building will sit on Ivy Pointe Boulevard and will span nearly 110,000 square feet.
The site will consolidate two already existing Cincinnati Children's facilities — one in Anderson Township and an existing medical office in Eastgate.
Cincinnati Children's said the aim of the new facility is to increase the availability of specialized medical services in the Eastgate area.
"We're making this investment so that the children of Clermont County as well as communities to the east can receive world-class healthcare closer to their homes," said Dr. Evaline Alessandrini, chief operating officer of Cincinnati Children's, in a press release.
According to a press release from Cincinnati Children's, the Eastgate location will hold dedicated spaces for a variety of patient needs, including outpatient medical and surgical specialty clinics, occupational and physical therapy, sports physical therapy, speech therapy, audiology services, ophthalmology and partial hospitalization and outpatient programs for mental health.
In addition, the new building will have its own laboratory to help expedite test results and a pharmacy, where patients can pick up their prescriptions as soon as they're issued. The facility will also house X-ray and MRI services.
Union Township trustee, Michael Logue said it will have a huge impact on the surrounding communities.
"It’s going to raise the quality of life by providing access of care that’s going to be enhanced and greater, for not only Union Township residents but our neighbors," Logue said. "So Adams, Brown County, all the way through southern Ohio, I can’t think of any other significant location that would even stand out in comparable care."
Clermont County father, Andy Hauck said he’s happy to hear such high-level care will soon be much closer to his home.
"You know from Amelia, having to drive downtown, it’s further away," Hauck said. "So something closer to home is going to be a little bit easier in case I have to get my son somewhere."
Preparation of the new site began in July and construction is expected to begin in the fall. The medical facility should take about two years to complete; Cincinnati Children's said its new Eastgate location expects to begin seeing patients in the summer of 2025.
“For any parent that has ever had to take their child to the hospital or visit there routinely... I'm just so honored that we're going to have this service in our community," Logue said.
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