What happened?
The Alliance hospital held a ribbon cutting with the Metroport Chamber of Commerce and donated $1,000 to Community Storehouse to help the nonprofit purchase food, household necessities and provide education to low-income families in Tarrant County.
“Medical City Alliance was built on the foundation of excellence and medical care and commitment to empathy and compassionate care but Alliance has grown into something even more,” Medical City Alliance CEO Glenn Wallace said. “[It’s] a place where hope is nurtured, where relationships are formed and where patients know they are not just numbers but valued individuals.”
The history
On Feb. 19, 2015, Medical City opened its doors as a 55-bed full-service hospital and has now grown to hold 141 beds and staffs over 650 employees, according to a news release from Medical City Alliance.
Before that, a 12-room free-standing ER was built in 2011, HCA Healthcare administrator Clint Magee said.
Emergency room visits and hospital admissions have more than quadrupled in 2024 since 2015 with:
- 8,068 admissions into the hospital
- 78,945 emergency room visits, including the main campus ER and the Saginaw and Hazlitt freestanding ERs
- 4,077 surgeries performed
- 1,294 babies delivered
Medical City Alliance owns 70 acres with approximately half of the property developed leaving plenty of room for future expansion, said Janet St. James, assistant vice president of public relations and media communications for Medical City.
In the upcoming six months, eight beds will be added to the ER with the building expanding toward the east, Magee said. The construction is estimated to take 10 months to complete.
Currently, Medical City Alliance has a shell space on the fourth floor which will be built in and could add 44 beds to the hospital, he added.
Added future services could include neonatal intensive care unit beds and women services or a progressive care unit, Wallace said.
To determine what healthcare services the area needs, Medical City Alliance studies demographics, growth trends and ages of people in the area to figure out what the hospital needs to add, Wallace added.
What else?
As a level-three trauma center, the hospital offers comprehensive services, including cardiovascular care, general and robotic surgery, neurosciences, orthopedics, women’s services and a level-three neonatal intensive care unit.
