Surgery center opens in Fairbanks

FAIRBANKS - Fairbanks has a new surgery center.

The Surgery Center of Fairbanks opened on Saturday. The 14,000-square-foot building is equipped with two operating rooms, six pre-op rooms and 16 recovery rooms.

The center is specifically designed to do outpatient surgeries.

It is owned by its 11 physicians and private investors, and faces the same licensing and regulatory requirements as hospitals.