According to the report, construction could begin as early as spring 2011 and be completed by mid-2013. Renovations would include replacing the four outpatient operating rooms with large rooms, adding a 3,000-square-foot storage area that would connect the inpatient and outpatient surgical areas and converting the 12-bed pre- and post-surgery waiting area into 12 private rooms.
HHS’ Health Services Planning and Review Board must grant the hospital a certificate of need before the project begins, according to the report. A public hearing for each application will be announced in March and the committee will make its decision following the hearings.
Read the Concord Monitor report on Concord Hospital’s surgery center renovation.
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–12 Recent Surgery Center Transactions
–Cleveland Clinic Family Health and Surgery Center Scheduled to Open Dec. 1, 2011