The Overland Park (Kan.) City Council on Monday approved a special-use permit to build the city's first microhospital in a 9-2 vote, according to the Kansas City Business Journal.
Two council members, Dave Janson and Terry Happer Scheier, cast the no votes.
"I frankly don't get this," said Mr. Janson, according to the report. "This community is already littered with healthcare providers."
Additionally, Mr. Janson voiced concern over the fact that Embree Asset Group, the development firm that sought the permit, would not identify the client for whom they were developing the facility.
"I'm not allowed to say," Steven Kirkpatrick, a design manager for Embree, told Mr. Janson upon being asked to identify who will operate the facility.
The planned microhospital will be 17,140-square-feet and contain eight beds with emergency room services, according to the report.