SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Beginning this fall, PeaceHealth Oregon says patients should see shorter wait times at its Riverbend Hospital in Springfield with the opening of its new inpatient rehabilitation hospital on Aug. 25.
In partnership with LifePoint Rehabilitation, PeaceHealth is set to open the $80 million hospital, adjacent to the Riverbend Annex on International Way, with 42 available beds for those recovering from brain and spinal injuries, strokes, and other illnesses.
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The hospital says this will allow the move of 27 rehab patients from the Oregon Rehab Center at RiverBend over to the new facility and free up dozens of beds at RiverBend…