Norton Children’s acquires Bowling Green Internal Medicine & Pediatrics

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Norton Children’s has acquired Bowling Green Internal Medicine & Pediatrics office now, offering improved upon care for the community. Just in 2023 alone, Norton reports that over 6,000 visits were paid to the hospital from Bowling Green patients.

News 40 spoke to Dr. Steve Hester with parent company Norton Healthcare, who said that they’re wanting to expand their reach as much as they can to do the best they can by their patients.

“It’s going to be so important because a lot of those patients to come to Louisville already to get care. And so really being able to bring those specialists to the community, I think it’s going to help people get care close to home. Don’t have to travel nearly as much and provide a real benefit for the overall quality of care,” says Dr. Hester.

The expansion will offer services on pediatric cardiology, urology, neurology, pulmonology and bring their Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute to the area as well.