Novant Health breaks ground on Kernersville Medical Center expansion

Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center has broken ground on a new 60,000 square-foot expansion project. The $55 million project will allow for the addition of maternity care services.

Kirsten Royster is president and chief operating officer of the Kernersville hospital. She told attendees that the expansion will complement the “tremendous population growth” the area has seen in the last decade.

The project includes the construction of a new birthing center that officials say will provide more convenient labor and delivery care options in eastern Forsyth and western Guilford County communities. Novant's area maternity services are currently being done at Forsyth Medical Center.

The Kernersville facility will also see the addition of medical beds, a larger intensive care unit, and the installation of a new heart and vascular lab.

According to a news release, the expansion project is expected to be completed by late 2023.