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Medical Facilities Corporation Announces Expansion at Arkansas Surgical Hospital
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Medical Facilities Corporation Announces Expansion at Arkansas Surgical Hospital\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n TORONTO\n \n ,\n \n March 29, 2021\n \n /CNW/ - Medical Facilities Corporation (\"Medical Facilities,\" \"MFC,\" or the \"Corporation\") (TSX: DR) announced today that Arkansas Surgical Hospital (\"ASH\" or the \"Hospital\") is undertaking a 4,590 square foot expansion project to add two operating rooms and three new recovery beds in its post-anesthesia care unit. The project is expected to be completed by the end of the year.\n \n \n \"The additional space is required for five new surgeons who joined the Hospital last year,\" said\n \n Brian Fowler\n \n , Chief Executive Officer of ASH. \"This expansion will ultimately allow more patients to access specialty care in our five-star hospital that prides itself on efficient, high quality service in a hotel-like setting.\"\n \n \n \"We are excited about the expansion project underway at ASH,\" said\n \n Robert O. Horrar\n \n , President and Chief Executive Officer of Medical Facilities. \"Our facilities, including ASH, continue to rank as the best hospitals in\n \n the United States\n \n for high quality of care. ASH was the only hospital in\n \n Arkansas\n \n named among Healthgrades' 100 best U.S. hospitals for spine surgery in 2020, having also won awards for outstanding patient experience and patient safety excellence.\"\n \n \n Once the expansion project is complete, the Hospital, in which MFC, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, has a 51% ownership interest, will have 13 operating rooms. Located in\n \n North Little Rock, Arkansas\n \n , ASH specializes in orthopedic and spine surgeries. Additional services include breast oncology and reconstructive surgeries, pain management, and diagnostic imaging procedures, including computerized tomography (CT), Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and myelography.\n \n \n \n \n About Medical Facilities\n \n \n \n \n Medical Facilities, in partnership with physicians, owns a diverse portfolio of hig...