Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago received approval from the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board to double the number of operating rooms at its outpatient center, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
The hospital will move forward with increasing the number of ORs from eight to 16. The undertaking is expected to cost $24.4 million. The expansion is motivated by an increase in demand for outpatient procedures.
The hospital's Outpatient Care Pavilion opened in October 2014.