GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Officials with HCA say plans for the first new hospital in Gainesville in half a century are moving forward.

Hospital officials are celebrating by tearing down a wall in the HCA Florida Gainesville Emergency to officially connect that building to the upcoming HCA Gainesville Hospital.

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It is expected to open in the spring of next year.

The hospital will be located on Southwest 41st Boulevard and will expand medical care to communities west of I-75.

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