Bon Secours is not leaving Hampton Roads, just relocating

A lot of Norfolk residents were confused when Bon Secours closed DePaul Hospital on Granby Street, a facility that had served citizens for generations.

All of a sudden, the closure makes sense. Bon Secours wasn’t retreating. They were upgrading.

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The hospital will be 98,000 square feet and have a surgical focus, with 18 medical/surgical beds and up to four operating rooms. It will serve as an extension of other services on the Health Center at Harbour View campus, which has an emergency department, outpatient imaging, an ambulatory surgery center, outpatient lab services and physician practices.