Encompass Health Rehab Hosp of Northern Virginia issued the following announcement on July 21
Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC), the country’s largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, today announced it has placed land under contract to build a freestanding, 50–bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Lake Worth, Florida. The hospital, to be named Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Lake Worth, is expected to begin serving patients in 2024.
Complementing local acute healthcare services, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Lake Worth will offer physical, occupational and speech therapies, and 24-hour nursing care, to restore functional ability and quality of life. It will serve patients recovering from major illnesses and injuries including strokes and other neurological disorders, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations and complex orthopedic conditions. Care will be provided by highly specialized nurses, therapists and physicians.
The hospital will feature all private patient rooms, a spacious therapy gym with advanced rehabilitation technologies and an activities of daily living suite, cafeteria, dining room, pharmacy and therapy courtyard.
The Company’s Florida footprint currently includes 13 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and one hospital under construction in Pensacola that is projected to open in August. In addition, Encompass Health has currently announced eight other hospitals in Florida that are scheduled to open in 2022 and 2023.
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