(a) The district has the responsibility to establish a hospital or hospital system, including medical facilities and other health facilities, within its boundaries to provide hospital and medical care to the district's residents.
(b) The district shall provide for:
(1) the establishment of a hospital system by:
(A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; and
(B) equipping the buildings; and
(2) the administration of buildings and equipment for hospital and medical care purposes.
(c) The hospital system may include:
(1) facilities for domiciliary care of the sick, injured, or geriatric;
(2) outpatient clinics;
(3) dispensaries;
(4) convalescent home facilities;
(5) necessary nurses' domiciliaries;
(6) training centers;
(7) training facilities for doctors and nurses and for other health care disciplines;
(8) blood banks;
(9) community mental health centers;
(10) research centers or laboratories;
(11) parking; and
(12) any other facilities the board considers necessary for a hospital or hospital system and a medical facility or other health facility included in the hospital or hospital system.