Prosper - Celina | June 2025

Health care

BY HANNAH JOHNSON

Celina Methodist Medical Center expands healthcare services

Celina’s rst hospital has been in operation since mid-March and at least 10 people are still alive today because of its services, said Cody Hunter, president of Methodist Celina Medical Center. Over 200 ambulances with patients have arrived at Methodist Celina since the hospital’s doors opened and life-saving care has been provided to those via ambulance and by walk-in, he said. Methodist Celina served its rst patient March 17 and has since seen a high volume of patients, including those with heart attacks, strokes and injuries from accidents. “I’m really condent [those patients are] alive today purely because of the services that we’re oering and the proximity of those services,” Hunter said. Methodist Celina Medical Center is a 240,000-square-foot facility equipped with 51 total beds, including 16 in the emergency department. The hospital has space to expand to 100 beds, according to hospital ocials. Hospital ocials set out to address an emergency care desert as access to healthcare in the area was a challenge with the limited hospital options, he said. Since opening, Hunter said the need for services, particularly in the Intensive Care Unit, have been higher than anticipated.

Phase 1 of the hospital, was completed in early 2025 and includes emergency services and general surgery. Plans for expansion include building out the hospital’s fourth oor, which is currently a shell space, hospital ocials said.

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Hospital ocials are already working toward new programs and services. Women’s and children’s services are expected to open this fall, Hunter said. The hospital was intentionally opened without obstetrics services to esh out safety and other processes, he said. Other growth plans include the surgery space in the hospital and bringing on specialists to the hospital’s professional oces, he said. Another primary care clinic in the professional oces is expected to open this summer. Celina Methodist has built out about half to two-thirds of its 40 acres of land, Hunter said. “If Celina and Prosper ... continue to grow like they have over the last ve years, we’ll be [starting projects] sooner rather than later,” he said.

Since opening in March, Celina Methodist has completed various surgeries or treatments for the rst time, with several of these occurring during the rst week of operations, hospital ocials said. This includes: • First robotic surgery completed in Celina with the da Vinci surgical system • First heart attack treated • First removal of a pulmonary embolism • First repair of a fractured hip • First dialysis treatment • First stroke treated • First endoscopy • First utilization of advanced imaging technology

Methodist Celina Medical Center has a da Vinci Surgical System, which is designed for a minimally invasive surgical approach. (Courtesy Methodist Health System)

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