By Roy York

Lexington is in the middle of a makeover, and the UK Hospital is no exception.

The construction on Limestone Street is hard to miss as billboards and bulldozers announce the hospital expansion underway to improve the health care experience at UK.

At 4 p.m. Monday the Board of Trustees’ University Health Care Committee will meet in the Wethington Building to discuss the progress of the hospital construction, quality control measures in place to keep doctors and patients safe in the hospital and other health issues related to campus.

Barbara Young, advisory member to the committee, said the meeting would be routine and would cover financial details in addition to health issues.

The $450 million UK Hospital is scheduled for completion in 2010 and will further UK’s goal of becoming a Top 20 public research institution by 2020, according to the UK Public Relations and Marketing Web site.