Work continues on Atrium Health Floyd’s freestanding emergency room just north of Walmart in Trion.  Atrium Health officials are looking for a completion date sometime in October.  The building is actually pre-fabricated and is being assembled on site.

According to Atrium Health, the freestanding emergency department will provide convenient and easy access to residents countywide. The facility will include six treatment rooms along with onsite laboratory and imaging services, including x-ray and a computed tomography (CT) scanner and will employ an estimated 44 people.

The building is being built using prefab manufacturing to complete most of the construction in a controlled environment in Bessemer, Alabama. Atrium Health says that using a pre-fab building leads to higher quality, faster delivery, reduces the likelihood of construction injuries, mitigates supply chain disruptions, and improves access to limited construction labor.

Atrium Health Floyd employs more than 3,400 teammates who provide care in over 40 medical specialties at three hospitals: Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center in Rome, Georgia; Atrium Health Floyd Cherokee Medical Center in Centre, Alabama; Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center in Cedartown, Georgia, as well as Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center Behavioral Health, a freestanding 53-bed behavioral health facility, also in Rome; and a primary care and urgent care network with locations throughout the service area of northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama.​