MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) – Construction has officially started for a new women’s health care center in Mount Pleasant.
The Center for Women’s Health at East Cooper Medical Center will be a 40,000-square-foot, two-story facility and serve as a central hub for women’s health services in the Lowcountry.
It will be located right next to the East Cooper Medical Center in Mount Pleasant.
Novant Health owns the East Cooper Medical Center and will also own this new women’s medical center.
Leaders with Novant Health say that the estimated cost to build this facility is between $20 million and $25 million.
The new Center for Women’s Health will offer a variety of care, including mammography and breast diagnostics, breast and general surgery, obstetric and gynecology services, as well as urogynecology and surgery.
Dr. Kate White, an OB/GYN physician for Novant Health, says this new facility has been a long time coming and will offer women quick, convenient access to health services all under one roof.
White says one of the many features of this new facility that she is looking forward to seeing come to fruition is the new breast center.
“We recruited Dr. Rick Carter to run our breast center here and he brought with him the technology for our new mammography that is able to detect earlier lesions with using a mammography that also uses some contrast and that is tremendous for the people that have dense breast tissue and that’s a lot of us,” White says.
White says this opportunity is special to her, not only as a Mount Pleasant native, but also as a third-generation female physician, because it allows her to support and care for women in her community, all within a brand new facility.
“If you listen to women, they’re going to tell you what they need, and if we can get someone to listen like we have here today, we will be able to not only give a longer lifespan to our women but a longer healthspan, and that is what the real goal is. Living a wonderful life in a wonderful community and doing it in the best way and healthiest way possible,” White says.
Construction for the Center for Women’s Health is expected to be completed by the summer of 2026.
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Construction begins for 40,000-square-foot women’s medical center in Mt. Pleasant
