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Banner Ocotillo Medical Center opened in Chandler in late 2020, and a  new tower is planned to open in 2021 at Dignity’s Chandler Regional  Medical Center, bringing hundreds of health care jobs, inpatient and  intensive care unit beds, and hospital capacity during the ongoing  COVID-19 pandemic.

For years, Chandler’s growth outpaced the  amount of hospital beds available to residents, Chandler Economic  Development Director Micah Miranda said. With the new Banner facility  and the addition of a tower at Chandler Regional, the city is closer to  its goal with both health care jobs and health care capacity.

The new hospitals will also contribute to the growing health care sector  in Chandler, which accounts for one of the city’s top employment  sectors with more than 9,000 employees in health care fields, according  to data from Maricopa Association of Governments. Dignity Health is the  top employer in the city in the health care sector, employing 2,670  employees, according to the city of Chandler.