Osage, Iowa-based Mitchell County Regional Health Center will spend $4.5 million to expand its surgical department, the Mitchell County Press News reports.
What you should know:
1. The hospital is enhancing its existing surgical department and will add an operating room suite as well as several recovery rooms and same-day surgery rooms.
2. The hospital decided to pursue the project after weighing several years of analytical data.
3. The decision to expand the department came from the need for a full-time general surgeon and bi-monthly pain management services, as well as the expansion of the hospital's ENT department.
4. The hospital is using $1.3 million from its internal finances to pay for the project. The rest of the cost will be covered by a fundraising campaign and a low-interest loan.
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