A public hearing is set to take place Oct. 12 on Hendersonville, N.C.-based Pardee UNC Health Care's $16.3 million ASC application in Mills River, the Hendersonville Lightning reported.
Here are the key details to know:
1. Pardee and the Henderson County Hospital Corporation filed a certificate of need with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to move two operating rooms from the Hendersonville, N.C.-based Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital to an ASC located in Mills River. The new center would have two additional procedure rooms.
2. The hearing is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m., Oct. 12 at the Kaplan Auditorium of the Henderson County Public Library. The public is encouraged to submit their comments on the new center at the hearing.
3. If the plans for the new ASC are approved, construction would be completed by July 2021.