A freestanding, 60-bed hospital costing $66.3 million and focused on rehabilitation for people after strokes, brain injuries, fractures and a range of other medical problems would be built on Springfield’s far west side if state regulators approve the plan in the next month or two.
The for-profit Rehabilitation Institute of Springfield would be built at the northwest corner of Milby Lane and Alex Boulevard in a farm field about a half-mile northwest of the 4600 block of West Wabash Avenue through a 50/50 joint venture that involves nonprofit Memorial Health and Alabama-based Encompass Health Corp…