Connecticut hospital, physicians opening $26.5M joint venture surgery center — 4 insights

Lighthouse Surgery Center will open across the street from Hartford, Conn.-based St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in February, the Hartford Courant reports.

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What you should know:

1. The surgery center is a $26.5 million joint venture, developed by St. Francis and roughly 24 physicians.

2. The expansion is the largest the hospital has undertaken in decades.

3. The hospital and surgeons expect to treat 4,000 patients annually.

4. The surgery center will focus solely on orthopedics, in response to demand from local residents.

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