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SPRINGFIELD, MO. — CoxHealth is moving forward with plans to build a $130 million, 310,000-square-foot patient tower that will connect to the northwest portion of Cox Medical Center South in Springfield. The nine-story tower will house a women and children’s hospital, a neuroscience hospital and includes 80 patient beds and room for future expansion. The additional beds in the tower will allow Cox South to transition its semiprivate rooms to private rooms. The Beck Group, based in Dallas, will design the facility. A general contractor has not been chosen. CoxHealth plans to break ground in May with a goal of opening the new tower by Thanksgiving 2014.