What you should know:
1. Cook Children’s is building a pediatric hospital, an outpatient surgery center and an outpatient specialty center in Frisco.
2. The health system plans to offer imaging and lab services, neonatal intensive care and pediatric intensive care, as well as emergency, surgical and primary care services at the facilities.
3. The outpatient centers will open in spring 2020.
Cook Children’s Health System President and CEO Rick Merrill said, “Our full intent is to offer leading-edge technology and services that when combined with our integrated delivery model brings an outstanding patient and family experience.”
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