Hundreds of Patients Move into Atlanta Arthur M. Blank Hospital's New Children's Medical Facility – WSB-TV Channel 2

BROOKHAVEN, Ga. — Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is embarking on a major move today.

Their new facility, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Arthur M. Blank Hospital, opened at 7 a.m. and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Eggleston Hospital officially closed.

At 7:30 a.m., ambulances carrying hundreds of patients began transporting all patients from the old hospital to the new hospital.

Shortly after 7 p.m., authorities announced that all patients had been completely removed.

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“We have been planning the day literally minute by minute,” Chief Nursing Officer Linda Cole said of the move.

The movement is organized by 1,200 volunteer team members and an additional 1,000 support staff to meet the needs of patients and families.

They transferred 202 patients from Eggleston Hospital near Emory University to the new Arthur M. Blank Hospital on North Druid Hills Road.

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The trip will take 10 to 12 hours and will require 65 ambulances.

“We're going to have ambulances coming in from all of our neighboring states, so it really took a tremendous amount of community effort to get the ambulances there safely,” Cole said.

The approximately four-mile route from Eggleston runs from Claremont Road to the I-85 frontage road.

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