Uncertainty remains as Nashville General preps new facility

NGH rendering — A rendering of the proposed future Nashville General Hospital location
Courtesy of Nashville General Hospital

Nashville General Hospital CEO Dr. Joseph Webb would have liked to have gotten started on a new facility by now.

The city’s safety net hospital is racing against a clock that ends in 2027, when its lease with Meharry Medical College is set to expire. Meharry would like to see the hospital stay put, but Nashville General has released renderings of a proposed new campus and Webb has said multiple times that he prefers a city-owned property in MetroCenter currently occupied by soccer fields.

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NGH rendering option 2 — A rendering of the proposed future Nashville General Hospital
Courtesy of Nashville General Hospital

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