North Platte, Neb.-based Great Plains Health will open its brain and spine center June 22, becoming the first hospital to offer cranial neurosurgery services in the region, The North Platte Telegraph reports.
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Lincoln, Neb., city officials on June 8 unanimously agreed to sell a piece of land to a group of local neurosurgeons who want to build a surgery center and medical office building, the Lincoln Journal Star reports.
Ohio officials are urging the governor to halt the potential sale of University of Toledo (Ohio) Medical Center and stop the transfer of its orthopedic services to ProMedica, according to The Toledo Blade.
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Neurosurgeon Steven Zielinski, MD, is performing lumbar fusions with metal-free technology, according to local news outlet Crossroads Today.
Several surgeons from independent practices in Erie County, N.Y., signed hospital agreements while awaiting state clearance to reopen their facilities, according to the Buffalo Business Journal.
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