В Панам-Сити откроется новый реабилитационный центр на 18 коек

Ascension Sacred Heart Bay to open new inpatient rehab facility PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) -Ascension Sacred Heart Bay will offer inpatient rehabilitation care on its campus for the first time. The hospital is in the early stages of an $11 million project that started construction last Monday. The new facility will have 18 beds. Hospital leaders said the community’s growth and aging population led to the need for more inpatient beds. Robin Godwin, president and CEO of Ascension Sacred Heart Bay, said the facility will open in spring 2027. “This rehab facility, which will open in the spring of 2027, represents a vital piece of continuity of care for patients in our community,” Godwin said. Godwin said the $11 million project is meeting a growing need. “As our community ages, and also as we have more people moving to the community. For example, a big component of patients that are transitioning into the IRF are from our trauma population,” Godwin said. “We’ll serve over 2,500 trauma patients this year, which is the largest volume of patients we’ve served since trauma designation.” The facility is being built on the fifth floor of the South Tower. “We will have shared community spaces, all brand new, all private rooms,” Godwin said. “The finishes that will be in this facility are gonna be beautiful — top of the line, excellent equipment.” Godwin said each patient will get a personalized, multi-disciplinary care plan, with the goal of returning them to the community safely and productively. “So that’s everything from dietary, to physical therapy, occupational therapy, spiritual care, mental support — it’s truly unique and individualized to those patients,” Godwin said. Godwin said the space is built with the whole person in mind. “There is very much a community that’s created among these patients,” Godwin said. “So as they’re working on their one-on-one progress, there’s also the ability to come together in community and groups — therapy groups, for things as simple as dining and sharing meals together.” Godwin said the expansion will bring more than 50 skilled jobs to the community, including nurses and physical, occupational and speech therapists. Open positions are expected to be posted late this fall. The hospital said the new center is expected to bring in revenue that will help support other services across the hospital. The project is funded through Ascension’s Florida market pool and is expected to open in May 2027. To stay up to date on all the latest news as it develops, follow WJHG on Facebook, Instagram and X (Twitter). Have a news tip or see an error that needs correction? Email [email protected]. Please include the article’s headline in your message. Keep up with all the biggest headlines on the WJHG News app, and check out what’s happening outside using the WJHG Weather app. Copyright 2026 WJHG. All rights reserved.