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Kernersville, NC - Forsyth Medical Center (FMC) will announce today it has received approval from the State of North Carolina to move forward with construction of its new $84 million, 50-bed acute care hospital in Kernersville. The proposed site being purchased by FMC for the hospital is on approximately 70 acres near the Forsyth/Guilford County line bordered by Interstate 40 on the south and Macy Grove and Wishbone Farm roads on the east. The location will be accessible from both Macy Grove Road and Highway 66.

Approval for the new hospital comes 14 months after FMC's initial filing with the state in May of 2006 to build the facility.

"We are very pleased to be able to move forward with the hospital," says Greg Beier, chief executive officer of Forsyth Medical Center and its affiliates in the Triad. "We believe this location is excellent for the current residents of Kernersville and for the significant future growth that is projected to occur in this area."

The proposed site is owned by Derrick L. Davis and L.E. Pope and was not among the previously considered locations for the hospital.

"We are fortunate to have been able to find a site that does not pose any significant access and topographical challenges," says Beier. "The owners of the property understand how important this hospital is to the residents of Kernersville and have been very flexible in working with us to develop a contract to purchase this property."

Forsyth Medical Center Kernersville will include:

The property is currently zoned RS20 for residential subdivision development. The purchase of the site and the start of construction are contingent on a rezoning of the property by the Kernersville Board of Aldermen. FMC also is working closely with the town on options to provide access to the hospital from Hwy. 66.