UAB Health System to purchase Medical West Hospital site as part of $51 million deal
Updated Apr 10, 2021;
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System will buy the existing Medical West Hospital campus in Bessemer as part of a $51.25-million deal meant to help the affiliated hospital secure a federal loan to construct a new hospital in McCalla.
The UA System board of trustees formally approved the deal for the existing 9.7-acre hospital campus in Bessemer Friday morning. The Medical West Hospital Authority is an affiliate of the UAB Health System.
Trustee James Wilson III commended the team working on the project Thursday.
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham and UAB Medicine have delivered 133,323 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines since mid-December, with almost 30 percent of those administered to individuals who self-identified as Black. This is an increase of almost 9 percent since March 16.
Some 27.8 percent of Alabama residents are Black.
“We have been purposeful in our planning and outreach to make equity a central focus of our vaccination efforts since we began administering vaccines, and our close partnership with Dr. Mark Wilson of the Jefferson County Department of Health and other community leaders has facilitated our outreach efforts to underserved populations,” said Sarah Nafziger, M.D., vice president for Clinical Support Services with UAB Medicine and director of UAB’s vaccination efforts. “That said, we are not satisfied with where we are with all populations, and we will continue to work to address any gaps that exist.”
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