New St. John's Orthopedic Hospital to be built

A new St. John's Orthopedic Hospital has been approved by the Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee.

The hospital will have 48 bedrooms and is expected to cost more than $104 million, according to the committee's decision agenda from July 12.

The hospital will be built at the intersection of U.S. 65 and Evans Road and is expected to employ 150 people, according to News-Leader reporting. The hospital is expected to take two years to build, but it is unclear when the construction will begin, the article said.

The MHRFC is a volunteer committee of the state's Department of Health and Senior Services.