Atlanta-area drivers beware: Ambulances will be moving an entire hospital’s population on Sunday.
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta built a new hospital, and Sunday is moving day. The date was settled and extensive plans made before Hurricane Helene appeared.
Ambulances will ferry hundreds of patients one-by-one to the new location about 5 miles away until the old hospital is empty.
Routes and fallback routes have been mapped for miles around and between Emory University’s main campus bordering north Decatur and the new Arthur M. Blank Hospital on the corner of North Druid Hills Road and I-85.
Hospital leaders are urgently asking people to avoid this area, which includes a large swath stretching from the Emory University and Toco Hill areas to the new hospital. This includes Clairmont, Lavista and North Druid Hills roads.
While there are no plans to block off streets, local police and Georgia State patrol will be on hand along the route to help limit unnecessary vehicles.
The train of ambulances is scheduled to start at 7 a.m. and keep going for 12 straight hours, until every patient is gone from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.
PLEASE PLAN TO ARRIVE EARLY ON SUNDAY AND PAY ATTENTION TO ROAD SIGNS.