{"id":30947,"date":"2023-10-26T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mercy-hospital-breaks-ground-on-new-surgical-center\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:31:33","slug":"mercy-hospital-breaks-ground-on-new-surgical-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mercy-hospital-breaks-ground-on-new-surgical-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercy Hospital breaks ground on new surgical center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Mercy
Mercy Hospital CEO Brandon Mencini, right, was joined by other hospital and regional leaders at a groundbreaking Thursday to celebrate a new surgical building on the hospital's campus. (Reuben Schafir\/Durango Herald)<\/span>Reuben M. Schafir<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Mercy Hospital leaders and regional partners gathered on the north edge of the hospital\u2019s campus Thursday to break ground on a new ambulatory surgery and office building, which was first announced last summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to continue to improve access to care,\u201d Mercy CEO Brandon Mencini told the assembled crowd. \u201cOur medical office buildings are full here on the campus, we\u2019re incredibly busy in our (operating rooms).\u201d<\/p>\n

The Three Springs Surgery Center will be a 13,500 square-foot space with three operating rooms and two procedure rooms. It will not be connected to a nearby three-story 80,000 square-foot office building proposed last year.<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s event included a groundbreaking blessing performed by the Southern Ute Indian Tribe Sun Dance Chief Matthew Box, who was joined by his parents.<\/p>\n

\"Mercy
Mercy Hospital broke ground on a new ambulatory surgical building Thursday. A 2022 new release said construction was scheduled to finish sometime next year. (Courtesy of CommonSpirit Health)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The development is the product of a partnership between Mercy, United Surgical Partners and private physician investments, Mercy\u2019s Acting Chief of Surgery Dr. Matthew Smith said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile for many years we\u2019ve been able to provide excellent surgical care at Mercy Hospital at the main hospital, the surgery center is going to allow us to provide more efficient patient care in an outpatient setting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The building will meet the expanding growth of the community and its needs, Mencini said. Operating rooms in the existing facility are nearing capacity, he said, and demand would likely exceed the current availability in the coming years.<\/p>\n

The additional two procedure rooms and office space will increase the availability of care across a range of specialties, including spine care, orthopedics, pain, podiatry, gastrointestinal and urology, according to a news release.<\/p>\n

\"The
The new facility \u201cbasically doubles the amount of screening colonoscopies and other GI procedures that we\u2019ll be able to do,\u201d Mercy Hospital CEO Brandon Mencini said at the groundbreaking on Mercy\u2019s new ambulatory surgical building. (Reuben Schafir\/Durango Herald)<\/span>Reuben M. Schafir<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

\u201cThat basically doubles the amount of screening colonoscopies and other GI procedures that we\u2019ll be able to do,\u201d Mencini said.<\/p>\n

The executive cited an increase in staff, including some physicians who left the hospital and are now slated to return, as one piece of Mercy\u2019s effort to meet growing regional demand for health care. Expanding the infrastructure available in which to practice is another, he said.<\/p>\n

rschafir@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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