Health First is accelerating plans to open Brevard County's first stand-alone emergency departments, as rival health care company Orlando Health prepares to close its 298-bed Rockledge Hospital later this month. Health First said it will be opening two free-standing emergency departments. One will be adjacent to Health First's Business Center at 3300 S. Fiske Blvd., about 1.5 miles from Rockledge Hospital, which will close on April 22. The other will be at a yet-to-be-announced site in south Brevard.
