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half its patients from .St. suburbs need medical services sooner than a 9 .. 4 pay
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Mall area where the institution eventuallynew hospital could be built also is a factor in p� '" �1 sb
Paul's s n o r t h e r n suburbs. the teased application, Willcox said. A new• ' t:z
plans to relocate. P PPy4i�;
The center would provide outpatient sur- hospital would not be ready until 1985 at the ," , a
gery services,emergency care,a sports medi- earliest,he said. I b g tt i £ ,.,
has an option to buy a parcel of land bounded
cine clinic, physical therapy, neurological ST.JOHN'S now gets about half its patients Mair Eritae 4�£ �} � �
testing, laboratory services, a pharmacy and by Hazelwood Avenue on the west, Kennard from St. Paul's northern suburbs. The per- h �° °
on the east and Beam on the south.The north-
X-ray services. A new buildingadjacent to centage is expected togrow as the suburban �``€� b °
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the center would hold offices for 20 to 30 phy- population expands. `
sicians. Health Resources officials hope to open the John Reiling, Health Resources senior vice
Health Resources Inc.,the hospital's parent buildings in the spring of 1983. president, said the new location is more cen- R Entry
firm, plans to apply to the Metropolitan INITIALLY, emergency room servicesthe hospital. FUTURE Sr.SfJOHN'S HOSPITAL w
PP Y Po g Y trally located for those who use p' m I
Health Board within the next two weeks for would be limited to eight or nine hours a day The land is about eight miles north of the Ma-
ria site.
permission_ to build the $4 million center. during evenings and weekends, officials said. � �' lt�bulaic�ry4;�re �..
Construction of the office building would cost Eventually, the two emergency rooms would The outpatient surgery center would be one f
another $3 million. It does not require Health be used all the time. of only three in Minnesota located outside a
Board approval. The phased application is being made part hospital. Hospitals have vehemently opposed .
The proposals are the first phase of St. ly because demand for outpatient care will other such centers. But McCarthy said this
John's plans to move from 403 Maria Ave. on give officials some idea of how many beds application is different because St. John's al-
St. Paul's East Side to the 31-acre site imme- should be in the new hospital. f�edtcai Mica
P� ready delivers outpatient surgery to most of �; „�„�
diately west of the Maplewood Mall. St. John's is licensed for 372 beds and oper- the patients who would be served. ,,
The two one-floor buildings, joined by a ates 346. Gerald McCarthy, Health Resources Several uses for the current building -- in- Kirk Lyttle/Pioneer Press
walkway, would be at the corner of Beam Av- president, said the new hospital will have eluding senior citizen housing — are being Top of map shows location of new St. John's Hospital while
enue and Kennard Street. Health Resources fewer beds. Metropolitan area hospital beds considered,officials said. bob 0 !ta . . . ,=d layout of the complex.