UPMC's Institute For Rehabilitation And Research To Host Open House At New UPMC Mercy Location

Main Category: Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy
Article Date: 17 Jun 2009 - 8:00 PDT

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What

UPMC's Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (IRR) will host an open house at its new location at UPMC Mercy

Who

Leadership and staff from IRR and UPMC Mercy

When

2 to 4 p.m., June 17

Where

Level 6 of Building E (Tower), UPMC Mercy, 1400 Locust St., Uptown Pittsburgh

Why

UPMC's IRR has opened a newly renovated, 76-bed center at UPMC Mercy, offering an unparalleled expansion of specialized services for the most traumatic and complicated injuries of the brain or spinal cord, as well as for strokes. These renovations represent an investment of more than $18 million into UPMC Mercy and the care of rehabilitation patients. This transition of services to UPMC Mercy makes the IRR the region's only rehabilitation facility with an on-site Level 1 Trauma Center.

Source
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine