The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center announced a partnership with Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Rehabilitation Services to build and operate a new 80-bed adult inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Columbus, Ohio, according to an Aug. 19 news release.
The 86,000-square-foot facility will specialize in treatment and research for patients with stroke, brain and spinal cord injuries. Additionally, the facility will allow the academic health system to increase access to inpatient rehabilitation services by 30 percent in the region. Ohio State University and Kindred Rehabilitation Services will co-own and operate the new hospital.
Jay Anderson, chief operating officer for the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, said the partnership will provide patients and their families with state-of-the-art acute rehabilitative care.
"We chose to build this new hospital in Columbus in an area with easy access to the major transportation arteries. This will ensure patients from throughout central Ohio have convenient access to comprehensive, specialized rehabilitation medical services," Mr. Anderson said.
The new hospital will replace the 60-bed Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital.