By Val Sweeney Published: 17:30, 12 January 2021
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Deborah Jones, of NHS Highland, at the site where new treatment centre is going to be built.
Construction work is finally set to begin in earnest on the £42 million world-class National Treatment Centre Highland in Inverness early this year.
The project, being developed by NHS Highland at Inverness Campus, will have 24-bed inpatient rooms, five operating theatres, clinics and outpatient departments offering healthcare for bone, muscle and eye conditions.
The long-awaited project has been hit by delays and rising costs but is set to transform the experience for patients undergoing a range of orthopaedic and ophthalmology procedures such as hip and knee replacements or cataract surgery when it opens in autumn 2022.