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T
he staff members who milled around the front desk of The
Reading Hospital SurgiCenter at Spring Ridge were used to
hearing one side of a familiar conversation.
"No, ma'am. There isn't a fountain outside of our facility. You're
at the wrong place."
"Yes, ma'am, you're not far away. We're just down the road. Don't
worry, we won't start your procedure without you."
The SurgiCenter is 1 of 9 surgical facilities within an 11-mile radius in
Wyomissing, Pa., and sits only a couple miles from the unaffiliated
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