Allina Plans New ER At Plymouth Hospital

PLYMOUTH, Minn. (WCCO) — Allina Hospitals and Clinics plans to open up a new emergency room at its West Health Facility.

The hospital is located at Interstate 494 and Highway 55 in Plymouth.

The 18,000 square-foot building is expected to cost between $5 million and $8 million.

It will be staffed 24 hours a day with ER doctors and nurses from Abbott Northwestern Hospital.

Allina hopes to break ground in February and have the ER done by the end of 2012.