Altus Health System in Houston plans to convert its healthcare facility in Southwest Houston into a specialty surgical hospital.
Here are six things to know about the expansion.
1. The facility will nearly double in size once the expansion is complete, according to a news release.
2. Taseer Badar, CEO of Altus Health, commented on the expansion in a statement, saying, "Altus Health has been a proud member of the Southwest Houston community since 2004, and we constantly look for ways to make a positive difference in the area. Building on the great success and patient satisfaction of our Altus Baytown (Texas) Hospital, we decided to bring this model of patient-focused hospital care to Houston with the expansion of our current clinic."
3. After the $10 million expansion, the hospital will feature 10 private inpatient rooms, three new hospital-sized operating rooms and a special procedure room, among other things, Altus said.
4. Altus Health expects to add up to 15 new jobs with a team of post-surgical unit nursing staff to care for patients after surgery.
5. Service at the new hospital will include Altus LapBand; Altus Orthopedic and Spine Center; Altus Pain Center; ear, nose and throat surgery; eye surgery; gastroenterology; general surgery; gynecologic surgery; lab services; neurosurgery; physical therapy; plastic surgery; podiatry; primary care; and urology.
6. The specialty surgical hospital is slated to open in the first quarter of 2017.
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