DOTmed February 3, 2025
The Sarasota County Public Hospital Board has approved a $450 million plan to build North Port’s first hospital.
The six-story, 100-bed facility, named Sarasota Memorial Hospital–North Port, will be the third acute-care hospital in the Sarasota Memorial Health Care System. With a population of over 95,000, North Port is the largest city in Sarasota County and among the fastest-growing in the country.
“Building a hospital in North Port has been part of our strategic plan and goals for many years, and I could not be more excited to break ground in 2025 during our centennial year,” Sarasota Memorial Health Care System president and CEO David Verinder said following the board’s approval.
The initial phase of development includes a 305,000-square-foot, hurricane-hardened...