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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University is planning a new hospital building specializing in studying and treating disorders of the spine and brain.
The university's board of trustees is expected Friday to approve a proposed $14.3 million renovation of a building that previously housed the hospital's cancer facility, which relocated to the main hospital's new $750 million building.
The Wexner Medical Center's Brain and Spine Hospital is expected to open in early 2016. It will treat patients with neurological injuries and disorders including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis and strokes.
The new hospital will expand in-patient capacity with 90 private rooms, including some dedicated to clinical trials.
It will be part of Ohio State's Neurological Institute, which is an initiative involving 14 colleges, including engineering, business, dentistry, social work, nursing and pharmacy.
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