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Bon Secours hits milestone with Hanover center construction
March 28, 2025
Bon Secours Richmond Health System recently held a topping off ceremony at its upcoming Ashland Emergency Center. The March 28th ceremony included a steel beam available for stakeholder signatures, which is then lifted and bolted into the building’s permanent structure.
The $37 million facility at 11400 N. Lakeridge Parkway will also allow Bon Secours to extend the compassionate, quality care the health system is known for to the greater Hanover County area, ensuring that residents will have timely access to critical medical services, enhancing overall community health and well-being.
“We are thrilled to celebrate the beginning of construction for the Bon Secours – Ashland Emergency Center,” said John Emery, President, Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center and Bon Secours Rappahannock General Hospital. “These expanded emergency and imaging services will help to decompress high volumes on the main campus of our award-winning Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center while also improving medic reliability and emergency transport times for the Hanover community and beyond. We are thrilled to be able to better serve our patients by bringing vital medical services closer to where they live.”
The center expands access to imaging and 24/7 emergency health care services within Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center’s existing service area. The 10-bed facility will be staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week with board-certified emergency department physicians and nurses utilizing the same state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment as found in Bon Secours’ hospitals.
“It’s no secret our area is experiencing increased demand for medical imaging and emergency health care services,” said John Budesky, Hanover County Administrator. “When complete, this facility will provide timely emergency access to the citizens of northern Hanover and Ashland, as an extension of the excellent care already provided by Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center. It will also strengthen our health care infrastructure and ensure that we are well-prepared to meet future health care demands of our community.”
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center has been faithfully serving Hanover County and the surrounding communities for more than 25 years and recently completed its expansion, which further demonstrates Bon Secours’ continued investment in meeting the growing health needs of this community. At the end of 2022, the hospital completed a new wing which features 43 in-patient beds and is home to neuroscience and orthopedic units, in addition to physical therapy and rehabilitation services.
