Akron Children's MV plans pediatric surgery department

BOARDMAN — Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley has begun a $7 million construction project to create the area’s only dedicated pediatric surgery department.

“Providing pediatric surgical services is an extension of the commitment we made to the Valley’s children and their families when we opened the hospital in 2008,” said Mark Watson, president of Akron Children’s Hospital Regional Network. “Physicians throughout the area have told us that this is something that was needed and we’re responding to the need.”

The project includes the renovation of nearly 14,000 square feet of space in Building B of the Beeghly campus, located at 6505 Market St., hospital officials said.

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