The official groundbreaking for the new Shriners Hospitals for Children Medical Center in Lexington will be from 2-3 p.m. on Monday at the corner of South Limestone and Conn Terrace.

The state-of-the-art ambulatory care facility on the UK campus near Kentucky Children’s Hospital will provide outpatient surgical services, specialty clinics, physical therapy, and other related services designed to meet the orthopaedic needs of children and their families. The new facility will be owned and operated by Shriners Hospitals for Children on property leased from UK.