National Surgical Hospitals Opens New Surgical Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas

Chicago-based National Surgical Hospitals, an owner, operator and developer of surgical hospitals and surgery centers in partnership with local physicians, has opened its newest surgical hospital, South Texas Surgical Hospital, in Corpus Christi, Texas, according to an NSH news release.

The 63,000-square-foot surgical hospital, adjacent to the Company's Coastal Bend Surgery Center, is equipped with five operating rooms and 33 inpatient beds, according to the release. Surgeons will provide a range multi-specialty surgical care, including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, otolaryngology and other surgical specialties.

NSH will operate the new hospital in partnership with a group of 55 area physicians. This is the company's fifteenth surgical hospital and its fifth surgical hospital in Texas.

"Like all of our surgical hospitals, South Texas offers a specialized approach to quality healthcare, playing an important role in the continuum of surgical care," John G. Rex-Waller, chairman, president and CEO of NSH, said in the release. "We think our ability to offer expanded healthcare choices to consumers in South Texas will bring greater cost efficiency and convenience to the area while creating increased practice efficiencies for the surgeons who utilize our facility."

Read the release on South Texas Surgical Hospital.

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