Weight Loss Surgical Center is planning to build a specialty hospital in Overland Park, Kan., called Blue Valley Hospital, according to a report in the Kansas City Business Journal.
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Metro Health Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich., recently opened a surgery center in downtown Grand Rapids, according to a Metro Health news release.
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