The East Valley in 2026 is expected to get a new, $24 million inpatient medical center to serve the area’s growing number of unsheltered adults.
The nonprofit Circle the City said it will break ground on the 84-bed medical respite center in May in Mesa, nearly doubling the capacity of each of the group’s two existing medical respite centers.
Medical respite, Circle the City said, is a bridge between hospital discharge and stable health. It’s a place where hospitals can discharge people experiencing homelessness so they can safely recover from medical treatment and access services to help them get well…