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Discovery Park District (Image: Purdue)

West Lafayette could get emergency room services soon with the arrival of a micro-hospital in Purdue’s Discovery Park District, Purdue President Mitch Daniels said Friday.

Daniels told Purdue trustees Friday that the university was “in very, very serious conversations with a world-class medical organization” to build a facility near the northeast corner of U.S. 231 and Airport Road. He said it would include emergency services, along with a surgical center and imaging center.