The board of trustees of Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kan., unanimously voted to issue $12. 25 million in hospital revenue bonds for a new surgery center, according to a report by The Chanute Tribune.
The new surgery center was proposed in an effort to move outpatient procedures out of the hospital's operating rooms, which have not undergone significant updates since 1977.
The 12,600-square-foot surgery center would be constructed in what is now one of the hospital's parking lots, according to the report.