Kindred, which this week purchased the building from Good Samaritan Hospital for $16 million, said it will meet such needs locally while providing a complete spectrum of post-acute health care services, including complex care and rehabilitation.
According to Schoen, the new hospital will offer:
• 37 skilled nursing beds, pending regulatory approval, including eight beds for ventilator-dependent patients.
• 67 long-term acute-care beds, the same number Kindred currently has on the fifth and sixth floors of the neighboring Elizabeth Place building. The new hospital will have 12 intensive-care beds, up from eight at Kindred’s current location.
• Eight to nine “bariatric-capable” rooms for patients weighing more than 500 pounds.
• An outpatient wound care clinic in the hospital’s former emergency department.
• Some moderate operations such as tracheostomies in two surgical suites.
• Laboratory.
• Radiology department equipped with CT scanner.
• Clinical learning lab.
• Full-service cafeteria.
Kindred in September plans to begin at least $9 million in improvements to the 12-year-old building at 707 Edwin C. Moses Blvd. to give it the feel of a “medical spa.” The renovation will include gutting and renovating the third floor.
Kindred hopes to grow from 150 employees to 250 employees or more in its first two years at the site.
Dayton Mayor Gary Leitzell said the project is a plus for the city because it makes use of a building that has sat empty for two years, creates jobs, and meets a community need.
The facility will begin posting jobs about 90 days before the hospital opens in April. Those wishing to apply should go online to kindredhealthcare.com
Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare Inc. has annual revenues of $6 billion and 76,000 employees in 46 states. In February, it announced a $1.3 billion acquisition of RehabCare Group, Inc., making Kindred the largest post-acute health care services company in the nation.
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