Construction site aerial view of the future Medical West Hospital, an affiliate of University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB Health System, in Bessemer, AL on January 21, 2022. Medical West Hospital Authority will use a USDA Rural Development $360 million Community Facilities Direct Loan to build a state-of-the-art, 200-bed hospital. It will feature a 26-room emergency department, 12 operating rooms, eight labor and delivery rooms, and eight multi-purpose rooms. This 405,186- square-foot facility will be strategically located to serve rural west Jefferson County, rural west Tuscaloosa County, and other surrounding rural communities. This project will benefit approximately 333,000 rural people in these communities. Aerial media courtesy Brasfield and Gorrie, L.L.C. Paul Garric and Andrew Bynum.