GR Health filed its letter of intent to seek the required Certificate of Need, which means it has 30 days to put in the actual application. University filed its letter of intent April 30 for a hospital in Columbia County but has yet to turn in its request. Doctors Hospital has also expressed interest but has not filed its letter of intent.
In its letter, GR Health estimates the cost of the project at $195 million and lists the proposed site as the Lewiston Road/Interstate 20 corridor near Grovetown. University has a big project in Grovetown that will include a Prompt Care, lab, radiology, primary care and wound care. There is also a large physician office nearby but that will fit in with what GR Health wants to do, said Shawn Vincent, the vice president of partnerships for GR Health.
