A decade after Grady Memorial Hospital was on the brink of financial collapse, Fulton County commissioners gave it a vote of support Wednesday by agreeing to pay up to $60 million for the hospital system’s expansion.

The county contribution is the first confirmed commitment for the $165 million expansion project.

Grady is also seeking money from DeKalb County and from private funders.

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Around 650,000 people visit the hospital every year, many in the trauma center.