Three things to know:
1. The hospital’s only orthopedic surgery bed is being used for all shoulder arthroscopies, hip fractures and replacements as well as most of its extremity orthopedic surgeries.
2. ONEOK contributed $15,000 of the $83,000 cost of a new bed to help accommodate more surgeries.
3. CHI St. Alexius Health is part of Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives, a nonprofit health system that operates in 18 states and includes 103 hospitals.
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