UMass pursuing Shrewsbury surgery center
UMass Memorial Health Care and the Shields Health Care Group are planning to build a 40,000-square-foot surgery center on Main Street in Shrewsbury.
The facility at 151 Main St. would be owned and operated by the two groups under the name Healthcare Enterprises LLC. The cost to build the center would not exceed $30 million, according to UMass officials. The center would provide mainly orthopedic services.
Shrewsbury selectmen voted “wholeheartedly” on Tuesday to send a letter of support for the center to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), Shrewsbury Town Manager Daniel Morgado said.
“They think it’s a great project and something that will support the greater Worcester and Shrewsbury community,” he said.
A public hearing will be held by DPH on March 16 at the Shrewsbury Senior Center with a final decision expected on May 13. Once that certificate is received from the state, Morgado said, the local approval process would move forward. Because of local officials’ familiarity with the site and UMass’ experience with similar projects, Morgado expected the project to move quickly towards a 2016 opening of the building.
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