Capital

Cerberus Capital Management — the owner of Boston-based Steward Health Care — is being portrayed as money-hungry for investing in fracking, a controversial oil and gas extraction method, according to a Boston Globe report.

Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital is planning a $603,000 expansion of its medical center in Wilton, N.Y., according to a Business Review report.

Baptist Easley (S.C.) Hospital has broken ground on an $8 million medical facility in Powdersville, S.C., according to a Greenville News report.

The Texas County Memorial Hospital Healthcare Foundation has launched a $3.2 million capital campaign to build a new surgical department and tornado safe room at the Houston, Mo.-based hospital, according to a TCMH news release.

Winn Army Community Hospital in Fort Stewart, Ga., has broken ground on a $23.1 million expansion, according to a Savannah Morning News report.

The Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis have broken ground on the new $27.5 million Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, according to a hospital news release.

Milford (Mass.) Regional Medical Center released plans for a $40 million hospital expansion, according to The Milford Daily News.

Endless Mountains Health Systems in Montrose, Penn., broke ground on a $45 million project to build a new hospital, according to a News Channel 34 report.

Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas, celebrated the opening of its $86 million, 250,000 square-foot patient tower, according to a KSTS 12 report.

Although Boulder (Colo.) Community Hospital has already taken small steps in launching its $103 million expansion project, the hospital will be starting the “lion’s share” of the project in 2012, according to a Times Call report.