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Plans for a new 36-bed medical rehabilitation hospital situated halfway between the cities of Manitowoc and Sheboygan are being put in motion with a groundbreaking in the Village of Cleveland on Tuesday.
The facility being built by ClearSky Health will join a family of six operating hospitals in Texas, Louisiana, Kansas, and New Mexico, and is among nine in the planning stages across the nation in Arizona, Florida, Ohio, and additional Wisconsin and Texas locations. ClearSky established its Kenosha location in the Froedtert South facility last year.
The Cleveland location is expected to treat more than 650 patients annually while creating about 100 new jobs for the area. The facility will be licensed and accredited, use an interdisciplinary team approach to care, have a physician with specialized training in rehabilitation supervise the medical services, provide rehabilitative nursing 24/7, and offer patients therapy for a minimum of 15 hours a week. Specialities of the hospital will include comprehensive stroke rehabilitation, with a staff specifically educated in techniques and intervention that better ensures that the individual needs of each patient are considered.
Progress Lakeshore of Manitowoc, a business accelerator for that City and County, worked closely with ClearSky to bring the hospital to the region according to Executive Director Jamie Zastrow. She said that “Our goal is to attract new businesses to Manitowoc County that will be beneficial to our residents,” and that “The hospital will strengthen healthcare services currently available in the region, while creating additional job opportunities.”
Groundbreaking on the hospital takes place this Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.
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