BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Sumner Regional Health Systems (SRHS) for a purchase price of $145 million plus working capital. In addition, LifePoint Hospitals will invest $60 million in capital investments in the system’s four hospitals over the next decade and will provide charity care to residents in surrounding areas and inmates of Sumner County.

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STARK COUNTY, Ohio -- Mercy Medical Center broke ground recently on the new 55,000-sq.-ft. Mercy Health Center and STATCARE of Jackson. The new facility is a strategic, developer-hospital-physician partnership between Signet Healthcare, Mercy Medical Center and local physician practices.

The health center will initially include an imaging center, lab, cardiac diagnostic services, sleep lab, STATCARE Immediate Care Center, Mercy Primary Care – Jackson and offices for Urology One and Tri-County Hematology and Oncology. Construction will be managed by Fred Olivieri Construction Company.
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LOWELL, Ark. -- J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. recently announced the company has awarded a $5 million gift to Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, AR. The gift is designated specifically for the second floor of the new South Wing, which began construction in 2008 and is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2012.

"We are delighted to be able to provide a contribution to Arkansas Children's Hospital toward the construction of this much-needed addition," said Thompson. "The hospital does such a wonderful job and plays an important role in the lives of J.B. Hunt employees and their families. We are pleased to be a part of helping expand their world-class facilities and making their services available to a larger number of people across all of Arkansas."

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