Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic expanded its Mankato, Minn.-based facility, local news affiliate KEYC reports.
What you should know:
1. Mayo installed eight operating rooms last year and is adding six more.
2. The health system hired two neurosurgeons to accommodate demand.
3. Mayo made the investment to keep patients from having to travel from Rochester to Mankato.
4. Mayo Clinic Health System neurosurgeon Meghan Murphy, MD, said to KEYC, "It makes operating safer, more fun and better for patients."