The board will meet next week to make its final decision on the proposal.
ChristianaCare and Delaware Neurosurgical Group, both in Newark, Del., plan to open a spine-focused surgery center in a building housing a former ChristianaCare surgery center in Wilmington, Del.
The renovated center will be 32,000 square feet and have six operating rooms and five overnight-stay rooms. The center will have the ability to host patients for up to 23 hours for extended recovery.
Brett Fallon, chair of the Health Resources Board, said at a Feb. 17 meeting, “The data shows that the need for this is projected to increase, based on the baby-boomer population that’s going to use it.”
ChristianaCare partnered with Delaware Neurosurgical Group to align resources for procedures and free up hospital resources.
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