 Cayuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby is planning a big $13 million remodeling project. The 32,000 square foot project is primarily focusing on expanding and moving Cayuna's orthopedic clinic. The project will use some of the underutilized space of the care center and they will be constructing an extension to the hospital. Once complete, there will be several new exam rooms for their orthopedic and pain clinics along with an entirely new clinic specializing in spinal care. If you look at the 12 to 15 year trends around orthopedic surgery, the numbers are expected to grow in the neighborhood of 400 percent so most of that is just due to the baby boom population hitting those ages where they need a lot of orthopedic services and knowing that we're going to have to be prepared for that type of volume growth. Cayuna Regional Medical Center will be hiring more physicians as well as a spinal surgeon for the new space. The project is expected to take between 18 and 24 months to complete. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.