An independent hospital is adding more operating theatres after securing a seven-figure funding package.
ASET Hospital in Prescot will use the funding from HSBC to try to triple its staff and turnover during the next year, and will also grow its overnight bed capacity and add two more operating theatres, taking its total to three.
The hospital was founded in 2019 as a cosmetic surgery clinic. During the Covid-19 pandemic ASET's facilities were used by the NHS to provide treatment to skin cancer patients and on average the centre now provides care to a hundred NHS patients with skin cancer each month.
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The latest funding will also allow ASET to invest in surgical and medical equipment for its self-pay and NHS work. And the company plans to grow to five operating theatres in future.
Hassan Shaaban, medical director and consultant plastic surgeon at ASET Hospital, said: “We’re incredibly proud of the treatments and care we offer at ASET Hospital so it’s fantastic that we can now accommodate more patients, increase our capacity and grow our team of highly qualified and experienced staff.
"We’re grateful to HSBC UK for facilitating our expansion. We’re now well-positioned to continue our vision for growth, all whilst continuing to put the safety and wellbeing of our patients at the heart of our plans.”
Andrea Fulton, relationship manager at HSBC UK, said: “We’re delighted to support the growth of a hospital which is playing such an important role in conducting NHS surgical treatments in the North West.
"Expansion will bring exciting new opportunities to the hospital, staff and more important to the patients and wider community”
ASET and HSBC were introduced by Mark Jerman, senior commercial manager at Watts Commercial Finance.
