The new eye institute would be 47,000 square feet and four stories tall. According to the report, the current eye center is outdated, and officials said a new building would help UNMC “train more eye specialists and see more patients at a critical time.”
UNMC also hopes to build a $10 million outpatient surgical center to be connected to the new eye center, which UNMC hopes to raise funding for through private sources, according to the report. The outpatient center would treat eye problems, such as glaucoma and cornea disease, and possibly other conditions not related to the eye.
The proposal for the new institute will go before the University of Nebraska board of reagents this week.
Read the World-Herald’s report about UNMC’s proposed eye institute and outpatient surgery center.
