PLEASANT VIEW, Tenn. (WKRN) — TriStar Health will open a brand new medical facility in Cheatham County.

The healthcare provider held a ceremony in Pleasant View Wednesday to celebrate the future opening of the freestanding emergency room.

This new emergency room will be the first one Pleasant View has ever had, and in a community growing so fast, it's overdue.

TriStar officials said it's a project that has been in the works for a long time.

People in Pleasant View haven't had direct access to emergency care. Residents have been forced to drive to surrounding cities for treatment, which in an emergency can be life or death, since seconds matter.

This new ER will be freestanding, meaning it won't be attached to a larger hospital. That means people won't be able to spend the night there, but it will still hold plenty of normal hospital amenities.

"You get a CT scan; you get labs; you get doctors; you get nurses. It's just if we decide you need to be admitted, we will send you to either NorthCrest or one of our other TriStar facilities where you will sleep overnight," TriStar Northcrest Medical Director Dr. Love Anoni said.

This new facility is a $17.8 million-dollar project.

The ER will have 11 treatment rooms, including one trauma room, X-ray services, and a nurses station.

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