PEORIA, Ariz. (April 22, 2019) — Banner Health and Select Medical will host a groundbreaking event for the new Banner Rehabilitation Hospital - West, a 56-bed medical rehabilitation hospital. The event will be from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at 12740 N. Plaza Del Rio Blvd.

In January 2018, Banner Health and Select Medical announced a joint venture partnership which would combine operations of more than 38 physical therapy centers in Arizona and four acute inpatient rehabilitation hospitals located in Phoenix. The partnership agreement also includes the construction of three new acute inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in the metro Phoenix, West Valley and East Valley areas. These new hospitals will serve the needs of patients requiring care resulting from stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, amputation and neurological disorders, among other conditions.

The groundbreaking ceremony will mark the second hospital to be built under the agreement. The groundbreaking for the first hospital, located in Phoenix, was in January. That hospital is currently under construction. 

Media interested in attending the groundbreaking event should RSVP to Shelly Eckenroth at (717) 870 – 6658, or email media@bannerhealth.com.

Headquartered in Arizona, Banner Health is one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in the country. The system owns and operates 28 acute-care hospitals, Banner Health Network, Banner – University Medicine, academic and employed physician groups, long-term care centers, outpatient surgery centers and an array of other services; including Banner Urgent Care, family clinics, home care and hospice services, pharmacies and a nursing registry. Banner Health is in six states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Wyoming. For more information, visit www.bannerhealth.com.