The 22,000-square-foot surgery center will include four ORs and three endoscopy suites and is estimated to cost $10.3 million.
The ASC is expected to open in early 2012.
Olean General Hospital currently performs more than 6,000 ambulatory surgical procedures, according to a news release from the hospital.
Read the Olean General Hospital news release about the new Olean surgery center.
Read about other new surgery centers under development by hospitals:
– New York Hospital Breaks Ground on New Surgery Center in Poughkeepsie
– Surgery Center Part of New Hospital in Nebraska’s Fillmore County
– New Wisconsin ASC Part of Luther Midelfort – Mayo Health System Expansion
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