Here are five things to know:
1. Construction on the $18.1 million ASC is underway.
2. John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital is building the ASC in the Conventus building on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. The facility will take up two floors of the building and has a two-story walkway connecting it to the new Children’s Hospital.
3. Providers at the ASC will offer services including pediatric orthopedics, urology, ophthalmology and dermatology. The facility will house a high-risk perinatal center for pregnant mothers.
4. Once the ASC is about to open, it will need final approval following a site inspection. On March 23, the state Department of Health gave the ASC contingent approval.
5. The state of New York is paying $11.2 million of the ASC’s total cost.
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