Here are five key points:
1. In a joint venture with United Surgical Partners International, Saint Thomas Health plans to build an ambulatory surgical treatment center.
2. The 13,000-square-foot surgery center will house one operating room and one procedure room.
3. The surgery center’s estimated cost exceeds $16 million.
4. Tennessee officials also approved Saint Thomas Rutherford’s plans to add 72 medical beds to the hospital, bringing the total number of beds to 258.
5. The total expansion project costs $63-plus million.
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