Great Plains Health breaks ground on new physical therapy and rehabilitation center
Contact: Megan McGown
North Platte, Neb., February 14, 2024 – Great Plains Health is pleased to break ground on a new sports and therapy and orthopaedic rehabilitation center. The center is located in a convenient, central location on the Great Plains Health campus at the corner of Jeffers and Leota Streets at 1520 S. Jeffers St.
“Our local board of directors strategically reviews campus planning and how Great Plains Health can best serve our region’s needs,” said Ivan Mitchell, Great Plains Health chief executive officer. “This project has been on our master campus plan since 2019 because it offers our patients greater access and allows our skilled therapists an improved space to serve patients at the highest level.”
Set to welcome patients in late 2025, the center includes expanded equipment and space for all types of physical, occupational and speech-language therapy for all ages. The new space will include sports court flooring for our regional athletes needing therapy, expanded pelvic health and lymphedema programming, state-of-the-art walking lap pool with ramp access and a specific neurologic treatment area with the first zero gravity, three dimensional system in the state of Nebraska.
“At Great Plains Health, we value our local leadership and healthcare independence because we are able to work together to ensure that our community’s needs are met,” said Lindsay Pedersen, Great Plains Health board chair. “Because of our independence and financial stewardship, we are able to focus on our patients, and reinvest into our community’s needs for years to come.”
Plans for the center also include a pediatric wing, a need that has captivated widespread community support. No other child-specific therapy space exists within a 100 mile radius of North Platte. The wing is specifically designed to accommodate the unique needs of each developmental stage and diagnosis for children. The Great Plains Health Care Foundation is leading a campaign for the pediatric wing.
“We are more than halfway toward our campaign goal,” said Laura Troshynski, Great Plains Health Care Foundation board chair. “The pediatric wing is a ‘kid centered’ space that is welcoming and inviting. The Foundation has received an outstanding response to this project from so many people who want to help, and we are eager to see the impact that this space makes on children and families for generations to come.”
To learn more about making a gift toward the pediatric wing in the sports and therapy and orthopaedic rehabilitation center, visit gphealth.org/give.
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About Great Plains Health
Based in North Platte, Nebraska, Great Plains Health is a fully accredited, 116-bed acute-care regional medical center serving western and central Nebraska, northern Kansas and southern South Dakota. With 90 physicians representing nearly 30 medical specialties, the Great Plains Health system offers advanced health care, including heart and vascular, cancer, and orthopedic surgery services. Great Plains Health is a Level III trauma center, and all of its emergency department physicians are residency-trained and board-certified in emergency medicine. The system employs approximately 1,200 employees and serves a geographic area spanning more than 67,000 square miles. The hospital is accredited by the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) and is home to an American College of Surgeons-accredited cancer center and Level II bariatric surgery program. For more information, visit gphealth.org.