When Medical Arts Hospital (MAH) ceased performing surgeries five years ago, its surgical equipment and machines were put away in case the operating room reopened someday.That has never happened.The hospital halted conducting surgeries and delivering infants in 2017 due to the high cost of equipment maintenance and having surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses on call 24/7. Local patients are now sent to Lubbock, Midland or Andrews hospitals if they need surgery.Dawson County Hospital District board members agreed Tuesday to offload the unnecessary and outdated equipment. They accepted the only price offered by selling to STAT Biomedical of Lubbock for $5,100.“The last ...