Here are four things to know:
1. St. Luke’s expects the ASC to bring in an additional 300 jobs to the area. The hospital said each job, on average, earns $60,000 annually.
2. For the surgery center, the hospital submitted a request to refinance debt incurred in 2008, and to also borrow an additional $85 million through Northampton County’s General Purpose Authority.
3. In 2008, St. Luke’s raised $175 million through the General Purpose Authority’s hospital revenue bonds to construct the Anderson Campus.
4. The 75,000-square-feet ASC will house six operating rooms.
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