CUMMING - Just as Forsyth County continues to grow at a seemingly incessant pace, Northside Hospital-Forsyth continues to expand and evolve to meet the needs of an increasing number of patients. Northside filed a Certificate of Need on Dec. 5 with the Georgia Department of Community Health's Office of Health Planning to convert 37 existing 23-hour observation beds to medical/surgical beds. The conversion would bring the total inpatient bed count to 284, according to Katherine Watson, a spokeswoman for the Northside Hospital Healthcare System.