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MGH plans disaster-proof clinical care building

A rendering showing the planned clinical care building at Massachusetts General Hospital expected to be complete in 2026. 

BOSTON — Massachusetts General Hospital plans to open a state-of-the-art clinical care building in Boston's west end.

The new building project is planned on Camridge Street between Blossom and North Grove.

The expansion will include two connected 12-story towers with hundreds of private patient rooms, a heart center, a cancer center, operating room and other clinical areas.

Hospital officials say the expansion will help with growing demands for care and compete for patients from around the world.

They expect to be able to treat at least 100 to 200 additional patients. The new building will also serve as a safe place during natural disasters.

Officials say it'll be able to withstand high winds and major flooding.

The expansion will involve about 4,500 construction jobs and will allow hospital officials to hire new hospital employees.

The project will span about a million square feet on property Mass. General already owns and cost more than a billion dollars.

It's expected to be complete by 2026.