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Regional One's $1 billion hospital still has no funding plan

Work is clearing the former Commercial Appeal site on Union Avenue, but Regional One says it won’t spend a second $14.4 million in county money without a clear funding plan. Regional One's $1 billion hospital in Memphis is still without a funding plan. Dr. Reginald Coopwood, CEO of Regional One Health, has been observing the aging campus of the hospital system for 16 years. Despite this, work continues to be completed on the land for a new hospital at 495 Union Ave., the former site of The Commercial Appeal. This is not the first time the hospital has been built in a city with high levels of gun violence.

Regional One's $1 billion hospital still has no funding plan

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Dr. Reginald Coopwood stood on the worn, clean sidewalks outside the Regional Medical Center in Memphis on a beautiful Monday afternoon.

His blue suit jacket flapped open as he stared out at the Shel... [977 symbols]

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