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Expansion update: St. Gertrude's Rehabilitation Center
The architects, construction consultants and St. Gertrude’s staff members have spent many hours working to complete expansion plans for St. Gertrude’s Rehabilitation Center. The 41,400 square foot expansion will include additional patient rooms, physical therapy space, and health and wellness areas.
The final design documents are in process and Requests for Proposals for the construction process will soon go out for bid.
In the upcoming months the team will finalize construction plans, request proposals,
select a construction company, and submit plans for the local and state code reviews. St. Gertrude’s anticipates construction to begin sometime in the Fall of 2010 and will take about one year to complete.
The expansion will allow St. Gertrude’s to effectively serve the rehabilitative needs of the local community, realizing that as many as 60 patients are currently turned away from care at St. Gertrude’s each month. These local residents would be best served if they could receive inpatient rehabilitative care close to home.
The new therapy space will also provide opportunities to expand outpatient and wellness services, such as educational seminars on improving balance, muscle tone, falls prevention, and other topics relevant to community health needs.
The overall project cost is $6.4 million with a fundraising goal of $2 million. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community donated $1 to Saints Healthcare Foundation for every $1 donated by the larger community, enabling St. Gertrude’s to meet its $2 million fundraising goal for this project. The Foundation is currently working to raise the last $250,000 from the larger community to reach its goal. If you are interested in supporting this project, please contact Foundation
Director, Mary Clem at (952) 428-2071.
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