The changing healthcare industry is claiming another victim, Baylor Garland Hospital, which was once the largest urgent care facility in northeast Dallas County. 

According to the Dallas Morning News, the iconic 113-bed facility that employs 711 workers will close its doors for good by 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 28, and Feb. 16 is its last day for admitting patients.

Baylor Garland is one of 50 hospitals and emergency medical centers in Texas owned by Baylor Scott and White Health, an $11 billion nonprofit system. Most employees at the Garland hospital will be reassigned to other Baylor facilities, and the hospital closing will not affect other Baylor operations in the area, including 40 physician practices, an outpatient pharmacy, two surgery centers, and three rehabilitation centers.

The Garland hospital initially opened its doors in 1964 as the 100-bed Memorial Hospital of Garland, which cost $2 million to build and equip. In 1991, Baylor purchased the facility and sunk $18 million into a two-year expansion project 11 years later.

But as the face of healthcare began to change, Baylor Garland’s inpatient census started to dwindle. For the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2008, annual inpatient admissions were 12,396. During the same time this year, admissions had plummeted to 7,429.

Today patients have more health care choices. Within 12 miles of Baylor Garland, patients can access care at 11 freestanding emergency rooms, 21 hospitals, 48 ambulatory surgery centers, and 71 urgent care centers. And a new $25 million medical center is being built just five miles away on Telecom Parkway near the Bush Turnpike.

For months, the Baylor System has had Baylor Garland up for sale. If no buyer is found by Feb. 28, the hospital will be boarded up and left vacant.