(a) The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital system by:
(1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment;
(2) equipping the buildings; and
(3) administering the buildings and equipment for hospital purposes.
(b) The hospital system may include:
(1) facilities for domiciliary care of the sick, injured, or geriatric;
(2) facilities for outpatient clinics;
(3) dispensaries;
(4) convalescent home facilities;
(5) necessary nurses' domiciliaries and training centers;
(6) blood banks;
(7) research centers or laboratories; and
(8) ambulances and other facilities or services the board considers necessary for hospital care.