Woman’s campus ‘bound to become a specialty hospital’

Though specifics are “impossible to know” at the moment, the 24-acre hospital campus at Goodwood Boulevard and Airline Highway that Woman’s Hospital will vacate this summer “is bound to become a specialty hospital,” says Glen Duncan, spokesman for The Physicians Alliance Corp. TPAC announced Tuesday that it reached a purchase agreement for the campus with Woman’s Hospital, which is moving to a new campus down Airline Highway. “The only dates that seem pretty clear-cut right now are July 11, which is when the sale will close, and August 5, when Woman’s moves to its new campus,” Duncan says. “When they move, that will really be the first chance we’ll have to go in there and assess the building. … There’s going to be some kind of remodel and rebuild, but I don’t know how long that’s going to take.” Duncan says the number of physicians who will provide services at the hospital—and what services they’ll offer—will be nailed down as discussions continue amongst TPAC’s executives and its 3,000 members, most of whom are physicians. “These are local physicians, which we think is important to let the community know,” he says, adding that there is “a clear understanding” with Woman’s that services currently offered on the campus will not be duplicated by TPAC. Duncan says more details will become available after the sale closes. Read a story from Daily Report on the purchase agreement here. —Steve Sanoski