WakeMed Rehab Hospital Receives Approval to Add 16 Beds
RALEIGH, N.C. � WakeMed Health & Hospitals recently received approval from the North Carolina Division of Facility Services to add 16 beds to the Rehab Hospital, bringing the total to 84 inpatient rehabilitation beds.
The new beds will enable WakeMed Rehab Hospital to care for previously underserved populations including immunocompromised patients, patients colonized with multiple drug-resistant bacteria (VRE/MRSA) and pediatric and adolescent patients. WakeMed Rehab Hospital has been utilized at over 90 percent of capacity for the past 5 years.
The new beds will provide additional private rooms, therapy and dining space, and space dedicated to children and adolescents. The 16 new beds will be located on a dedicated floor in a new bed tower constructed to house 60 previously approved acute care beds and support space.
WakeMed Rehabilitation Hospital has been running over or near capacity for the past 5 years and, as the most comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation hospital in the region, the need for additional capacity was paramount,� commented Dr. Pat O�Brien, medical director, WakeMed Rehabilitation Hospital. We are very pleased by the State�s decision, and we will move swiftly to add the additional capacity.�
WakeMed�s 68-bed rehabilitation hospital is the largest and most comprehensive in the state, and is complemented by day treatment and outpatient rehabilitation services in Raleigh and Cary. WakeMed Rehab specializes in treating traumatic brain and spinal cord injury as well as comprehensive orthopedic and neurological rehab programs. Through targeted nursing, nutrition, physical and occupational therapy speech/language pathology, therapeutic recreation, neuropsychology and social work, patients are able to progress from dependence to functional levels of independence.
