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Los Angeles-based Children's Hospital of Orange County is building the first pediatric inpatient mental health center in the county, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The following hospitals announced plans in the last week to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.

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As patients and their families increasingly travel for medical treatment, property developers are seizing on the opportunity to build hotels near hospitals, many of which exist in hotel-deficient areas, according to The New York Times.

Vero Beach, Fla.-based Indian River Medical Center will set its sights on a $100 million expansion and renovation project in 2017, reports TCPalm.

Omaha, Neb.-based Methodist Health System will transfer its corporate headquarters to a new three-story office structure, Omaha World-Herald reports.

Marietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health System and Atlanta-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia will collaborate on a federal insurance exchange product, The Marietta Daily Journal reports. 

Jamestown (N.D.) Regional Medical Center plans to build a cancer center as part of its "Journey to Oncology" campaign, according to a WDAZ report.

Lawrence (Mass.) General Hospital will implement a $73 million multi-year Master Facility Plan that includes the construction of the new surgical center, as well as various expansion, renovation and improvement projects, according to a Boston Business Journal report.

Due to a broken sprinkler head in the Physicians Sooner Pediatrics clinic at Oklahoma City, Okla.-based OU Children's Hospital, the facility faces $250,000 worth of damage, according to a local report from Fox 25.