Hospital board hears proposal on adding orthopedic surgeries SEMINOLE – Having an elective surgery, such as an orthoscopic scope or other joint-related procedures, done within the Seminole community was once a far-fetched dream. With a “state-of-the-art” surgical facility in house at the recently renovated Memorial Hospital, such procedures potentially could become an added service to patients in the Seminole Hospital District and the surrounding area. In a roughly 20-minute presentation on Monday to the SHD’s board of directors, representatives with the Rural Physicians Group pitched their proposal of possibly expanding an orthopedic surgicalist program to complement the local medical district’s current general surgery ...