MARIETTA, Ga. — On Monday, a hospital that people in Cobb County and across north Georgia depend on is less than a year away from a big expansion.
Channel 2’s Linda Stouffer went to Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center in Marietta for a look at the construction progress and the new design plans.
As Stouffer walked through Kennestone, she saw work crews touching up windows and moving equipment.
Signs are in place around the facility where a new tower is coming together for the expansion.
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In design renderings, you can see plans for brighter spaces, bigger areas and expansions to provide more patient services.
The new tower will add more than 200 new private rooms. Kennestone officials said the growth is needed to keep up with the growing population in Cobb and Cherokee counties, as well as north Georgia.
Lorrie Liang, the president of Kennestone Regional Medical Center, told Stouffer, “Patients don’t need to cross state lines or go downtown for world-class care.
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Last May, Kennestone’s emergency room was elevated to a Level 1 Trauma Center. The designation means they are able to treat the most critical patients 24/7.
This is especially important when Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta gets busy after the closure of Atlanta Medical Center.
“We are in a great location to be north of Atlanta,” Liang said. “But [we] can also help with Atlanta when Grady goes on bypass, which often happens. When they go on bypass, we’re just minutes away to provide that level of trauma care.”
There’s one feature in the new tower being created for the newest residents: babies. More baby beds and a bigger neo-natal intensive care unit will all be ready when the new tower opens in the spring of 2026.
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