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NRH long term acute care 50-bed facility opens doors

Date Added: 14-10-2005

Norman Specialty Hospital in Oklahoma opened a new 50-bed facility.  Read the excerpt below.

The Norman Transcript - Norman,OK,USA

October 12, 2005

Transcript Staff

Norman Specialty Hospital, in partnership with Norman Regional Hospital, Milestone Health Care and HCR Manor Care, this week opened a new 50-bed facility.

The Norman Specialty Hospital, at 1210 W. Robinson St., is a full-service Long Term Acute Care Hospital with emphasis on caring for medically complex patients. This will include, but is not limited to, illness and injuries needing general long-term acute care such as, specialized respiratory or ventilator management, wound care, diabetes, rehabilitation services, dialysis, post surgical complications and cardiovascular diseases.

Medical director Dr. Thomas Whalen, CEO Ken Noteboom and physician partners will lead the LTACH Team. Using an interdisciplinary approach in partnership with patients and their families, the treatment team will include physicians, nurses, therapists, pharmacist, dieticians, case management, social workers and others as needed.

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