Fast-growing Buckeye is Arizona's largest city geographically, sprawling across 640 square miles, but its first two hospitals will open virtually side by side.
The facility will offer ambulatory services and an acute care hospital. The new campus is a natural progression of Abrazo's presence in the West Valley, Jones said — Abrazo West Campus, a Level 1 Trauma and Stroke Center, is located about 10 miles east in Goodyear while Abrazo Buckeye Emergency Center is located on Watson Road off of I-10.
Banner already has a presence in Buckeye, with Banner Health Center being located on West Market Street. More details on the facility will be available in the coming months. Michelle Beaver, a Tartesso resident who works in Verrado, said while Buckeye is growing rapidly and needs hospitals, it would make more sense to spread them out. But having two hospitals so close together might not be as unusual as it seems, said Daniel Derksen, University of Arizona Health Services associate vice president for Health Equity, Outreach and Interprofessional Activities.