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SPRINGFIELD, GA. — The U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has committed to insure a $31 million mortgage loan to Effingham County Hospital Authority in Springfield. The loan will be used to finance the construction of an addition and renovation to the area's existing hospital. The addition will include a new emergency room, new inpatient and outpatient surgery areas, a new laboratory and new imaging departments. Additionally, the loan will be used to renovate the existing Alzheimer's unit. The loan was financed through FHA's Section 242 Hospital Mortgage Insurance Program.