Banner Health broke ground Wednesday on the first phase of its newest hospital — Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert. At the southwest corner of U.S. 60 and Higley Road, the 165-bed hospital is scheduled to open in fall 2007. "Banner Gateway Medical Center represents a $189 million investment in medical excellence in the East Valley," said Becky Kuhn, the hospital’s chief executive.

Banner Health broke ground Wednesday on the first phase of its newest hospital — Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert. At the southwest corner of U.S. 60 and Higley Road, the 165-bed hospital is scheduled to open in fall 2007.

Joanne Canaday, a patient at Banner Gateway Medical Center, remembers the first time someone appeared on the video screen inside her room and began communicating with her.

Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert will close its pediatric unit on Friday as part of Banner Health's cost-cutting consolidations announced in January.

East Valley residents will have a chance Saturday to visit what Banner Health officials are calling the “next generation” hospital, as they prepare to open Gilbert’s third medical facility.

A new hospital opening Sept. 18 in Gilbert will offer numerous firsts for the East Valley, including a spa to help moms-to-be relax while in labor.

Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert took a small step Tuesday toward potentially becoming a 500-patient-bed hospital.

Banner Health has chosen a medical director for the Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center. Edgardo Rivera, who most recently was medical director of Methodist Hospital’s Breast Center in Houston, will lead the specialty medical facility when it opens in fall 2011 on the Banner Gateway Medical Center campus in Gilbert. He has also been director of medical strategy for Bristol Myers.

Becky Kuhn won’t be carrying cardboard boxes filled with her office supplies when she moves from her current work station at the Banner Mesa Medical Center to her new office at the Banner Gateway facility in Gilbert.

Work is under way on the highly touted $107 million M.D. Anderson Banner Cancer Center in Gilbert.

Arizona’s largest health care provider and one of the largest districts of community colleges in the nation have teamed up to help alleviate a shortage of skilled health care workers in the state.

Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert is looking for businesses and community members to help start a new holiday tradition.

Banner Health plans to open a health center in Gilbert next year as it expands its services beyond the major hospitals it operates.

Banner Health announced this week leadership changes involving three CEOs at Banner Health's Valley hospitals, including Banner Desert Medical Center. The changes take effect March 5.

Young families have flooded the East Valley and Banner Health has responded.