Lakeland, Fla.-based Watson Clinic opened Watson Clinic Surgery Center South on July 6, adding a 30,000-square-foot outpatient surgical facility to its south Lakeland campus, Central Florida Health News reported July 9.
The facility sits at 4050 Lakeland Highlands Road, sharing a campus with Watson Clinic Parkway Medical Center and Orlando Health Watson Clinic Lakeland Highlands Hospital. It includes six operating rooms, six post-anesthesia care units and 20 pre- and post-surgery holding bays.
“The outpatient surgery center has become an increasingly popular option for patients in recent years,” Watson Clinic CEO Jason Hirsbrunner said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. “Patients like it because it’s highly accessible — you go in, have your procedure, and go back home on the same day.”
The center will house surgical specialists across breast surgery, general surgery, OB-GYN, orthopedic surgery and sports medicine, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, podiatric surgery and urology. An initial set of surgeries begins in late July, with full-time operations expected by the end of August pending accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
Watson Clinic Surgery Center South is the clinic’s second outpatient surgical facility, joining its existing center on North Florida Avenue in Lakeland.
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