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WellStar Kennestone Hospital is building a new $170 million emergency room to serve Cobb County’s growing population.
On Feb. 17, Marietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health System filed plans to build a 170,000-square-foot emergency replacement facility just north of historic downtown Marietta at Church, Cherokee and Cherry streets.
The health system said the expansion is necessary because the current emergency department (ED), which was was built in the 1970s and last renovated in the 1980s, is outdated…