The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board will hold a public hearing on Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Health System's surgery center proposal Aug. 19, local NBC affiliate WGEM reports.
Blessing is seeking permission to build a standalone surgery center near its main campus. Blessing currently operates a surgery center in a building owned by Quincy Medical Group. QMG is building a new surgery center in Quincy, which Blessing objected to several times.
Blessing said it would hold a series of public hearings before the review board's meeting.
Note: This article was updated on Aug. 8 to remove a statement concerning whether Blessing would renew its current lease. There has been no communication between Blessing and QMG regarding the lease.
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