New Rush Hospital nears debut

Building mostly finished, equipment being moved in soon

08/10/2011 3:47 PM

By Ben Meyerson
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A rendering of Rush University Medical Center's new building

The new Rush University Medical Center hospital, which has loomed over the Eisenhower Expressway from the Illinois Medical District for the past few years during its construction, is almost ready to open.

In a press release issued at the end of July, the hospital said it had reached “substantial completion.” That means construction’s mostly done, and they can start to move medical equipment into the new building.

They’re only six months away from opening the building now, according to the press release. It’s slated to open in January of next year.

“The new hospital building is the cornerstone of our plans to reorient all of our facilities and care around the patient and their families in order to reduce costs and improve outcomes,” Rush President Peter Butler said in the release.

The building cost $654 million to build, and will have 304 individual adult and critical care beds. It’ll also include 40 procedure rooms and enlarged operating rooms.

Once the new building is completed, Rush said it will completely renovate its current hospital building, giving it a total of 732 beds, they said.


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