Franciscan Health plans to significantly downsize and demolish part of one of the largest and longest-running hospitals in Northwest Indiana.
The Mishawaka-based health care provider plans to shrink the 226-bed Franciscan Health Hospital at 5454 Hohman Ave. to an 8-bed acute care hospital, emergency department and primary care location. The 800,000-square-foot Hammond campus will be shrunk to about a tenth of its size, about 85,000 square feet.
More than 120 years old, the former St. Margaret Hospital stands nine stories high and has long been an anchor of and the largest employer in downtown Hammond, which the city has been working to revitalize. More than 700 physicians affiliated with more than 50 specialties are affiliated with the hospital.
Franciscan Health plans to significantly downsize and demolish part of one of the largest and longest-running hospitals in Northwest Indiana.
The Mishawaka-based health care provider plans to shrink the 226-bed Franciscan Health Hospital at 5454 Hohman Ave. to an 8-bed acute care hospital, emergency department and primary care location. The 800,000-square-foot Hammond campus will be shrunk to about a tenth of its size, about 85,000 square feet.
More than 120 years old, the former St. Margaret Hospital stands nine stories high and has long been an anchor of and the largest employer in downtown Hammond, which the city has been working to revitalize. More than 700 physicians affiliated with more than 50 specialties are affiliated with the hospital.
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Franciscan Health plans to significantly downsize and demolish part of one of the largest and longest-running hospitals in Northwest Indiana.
The Mishawaka-based health care provider plans to shrink the 226-bed Franciscan Health Hospital at 5454 Hohman Ave. to an 8-bed acute care hospital, emergency department and primary care location. The 800,000-square-foot Hammond campus will be shrunk to about a tenth of its size, about 85,000 square feet.
More than 120 years old, the former St. Margaret Hospital stands nine stories high and has long been an anchor of and the largest employer in downtown Hammond, which the city has been working to revitalize. More than 700 physicians affiliated with more than 50 specialties are affiliated with the hospital.
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