Grady to open freestanding emergency department in south Fulton

• The East Point medical center was later used as an urgent care facility that subsequently closed in January 2024.

The latest: The 20,000-square-foot Grady South Emergency Department will have 16 bays, a pharmacy and imaging and laboratory services, Grady said in a press release.

• The emergency department at 5500 Campbellton Fairburn Road in Union City will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and staffed by doctors, nurses and other medical personnel.

Catch up quick: Grady Health System announced earlier this year it will build a new medical campus in south Fulton around the Emergency Department.

• According to its website, the Grady South campus will include a medical office building with specialty clinics, a surgery enter, imaging and pharmacy services, rehabilitation and pediatric care.
• It will also have a 200-bed hospital that Grady expects will operate as a Level 3 trauma center (for context, Grady Memorial Hospital in Downtown is a Level 1 trauma center).

• The medical office building is expected to open in early 2028 and the hospital, which will incorporate the Emergency Department, will follow in 2031, Grady said.
• The campus is expected to cost over $1 billion, Grady said, and will be funded from a variety of sources, including $300 million in bonds issued by Fulton County.