New $168 million Freeman SEK Hospital to bring 500-1,000 jobs to Frontenac
FRONTENAC, Kan. — Freeman Health System turns dirt on its newest addition.
Freeman Health System broke ground today for the future Freeman Southeast Kansas Hospital in Frontenac.
The $168 million full-service hospital will sit off of U.S. Route 69.
It will be equipped with 50 hospital beds and will include an emergency department, cardiac services, an intensive care unit, maternity, pediatrics, and catheterization labs.
Also included will be outpatient and inpatient surgery with robotic procedures, as well as medical and radiation technology.
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But alongside a new hospital, it plans to create at least 500 to 1,000 jobs in the area.
Something Frontenac Mayor Steve Morrison says can save citizens fewer trips and help draw more people to the area.
'We are very excited about the addition of jobs to be able to have a young adult go away to college and then have them actually come back to the Pittsburgh-Frontenac area to work as opposed to go into a different city. And you losing that history of that family, that the history of that family will be able to stay here nowadays,' said Frontenac Mayor Steve Morrison.
'We chose this location because it's really the center of southeast Kansas. So people from all the adjoining communities can have ready access to our hospital,' said Freeman Health System President and CEO Paula Baker.
Officials plan to have simultaneous phases of site development.
This is on top of what the health system is also part of in Fort Scott—the return of a 24/7 emergency facility that could open in June.
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