Cooper Health plans to invest $2 billion in a project that system leaders say will dramatically transform its campus in Camden, New Jersey.

Leaders said the project will help meet the current and projected needs of Cooper University Hospital and Cooper’s MD Anderson Cancer Center. The project includes the construction of his three new towers with 100 hospital rooms. It also adds more teaching space.

The project will help modernize the campus and attract top-notch clinicians to Cooper, Systems said. Cooper also said the project is environmentally sustainable.

Cooper co-CEO Kevin O’Dowd described the project as the culmination of years of effort to reshape the healthcare system.

“Cooper has grown into an elite, nationally recognized academic medical system. This amazing transformation could only have been achieved through the tireless efforts of our dedicated and committed team members,” said O’Dowd. I was. “Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Cooper team for making this milestone announcement possible today.

Cooper has evolved in recent years, notably with the addition of the Cooper Medical School at Rowan University and the addition of the MD Anderson Cancer Center to Cooper.

Cooper Co-CEO Anthony J. Mazzarelli said: statement.

While highlighting the project’s benefits to the health care system, Cooper said it will also help the decades-long effort to revitalize Camden, one of America’s most troubled and impoverished cities. said.

In recent years, Camden has made notable progress in improving safety and allowing more businesses to set up shop in the small city on the Delaware River just across from Philadelphia. Described as the safest of the year.

Cooper serves a large number of patients on Medicaid because of its low income, but its health care system works better than other providers because of its advanced cancer care and cardiology services. Philadelphia Inquirer report. At the end of June, Cooper’s cash was his $858 million, while his long-term debt was his $270 million. Inquirer report.

Like the city of Camden, Cooper was in trouble not too long ago. At some point in 1999, the system had an unpaid salary several weeks ago.

Cooper, like Camden, has evolved in recent years, notably with the addition of the MD Anderson Cancer Center to Cooper, along with the Cooper School of Medicine at Rowan University.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and other local leaders attended an event to announce the project on Monday.

“Camden has undergone dramatic changes in recent years with many state and local partners working together to improve the city, and Cooper has played an integral role in those efforts,” Murphy said in a statement. I came,” he said..

“By providing quality health care, but also supporting public safety, educational opportunities and job creation, Cooper is taking a holistic and meaningful approach to enhancing the health of the communities we serve. I have taken

“Live with Kelly and Ryan” host Kelly Ripa sent a video message for the opening. Ripa is from Camden County and has been appearing in advertisements for the health care system for years.

“I know one thing about this city and the people of Camden County,” she said in the video. “We like to dream big.”