The county is expected to approve both plans as patients who currently need outpatient surgery have had to travel to other cities in the area. It is likely the state will only approve one center, according to the report.
Sentara plans to build its outpatient surgery center within the new Sentara St. Luke’s, which is slated to open in the Benns Church area in Jan. 2010. The 7,000-square-foot surgical center will include one operating room and another room for less-invasive medical procedures and expects to perform 1,215 procedures within the first year, according to the report. If approved, the surgery center will open in Jan. 2012.
Riverside will also break ground on a new medical complex in the Benns Church area, slated to open within the next nine months. The hospital’s proposed 21,000 square-foot ASC would include two operating rooms, although no other details had been released.
Read the Daily Press’ report about the competing Isle of Wight County surgery centers.
