HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981 12-30 St. John's Hospital proposes medical facility in Maplewood THE REVIEW THE REVIEW Wed., Dec. 30, 1981 Page 3A
St . John 's Hospitalproposes
medical facilityMap in l ewood
By JONATHON CLYDE GLASS the other facilities.The medical complex "complement the family-centered care
Sthff Writer is expected to employ more than 100 full- provided by St. John's and serve as a
time and part-time workers, and support vehicle for the provision of services from
Health Resource Center and Health an annual payroll of more than $1.7 a central location prior to the planned
Resources Assistance Corporation have million while generating annual sales of relocation of St. John's," he said.
requested almost $11 million in city- $3.6 million.The city council will consider HRI has been studying medical-service
backed tax exempt mortgage revenue the revenue note request at a public trends in the northeast suburbs for
financing from Maplewood in their effort hearing in January. several years to determine the format the
to develop medical facilities in the city, hospital should take when it moves to
leading eventually to the relocation of St. Besides needing city approval of its Maplewood, according to John Reiling,
John's Hospital to this area. financing and building plans, HRI must senior vice president of HRI. By
If they can secure the necessary per- convince the Metropolitan Health Board establishing a smaller facility first and
missions from the city and Metropolitan that the same day surgery and urgent moving in phases,the company can better
Health Board, company representatives care centers will not contribute to an gauge the health service market in the
say they could break ground next spring excess of medical facilities in the area. area, he continued.
for medical facilities near the intersection The company expects to submit its cer- HRI planners have to consider two
of Beam Ave. and Kennard Street in tificate of need, the document which questions, in Reiling's words: "What is
northwestern Maplewood. Health explains the rationale for the building the hospital of the 1980s and 1990s going to
Resources Center and Assistance Cor- plans, to the Metropolitan Health Board look like?What is the health care delivery
poration are both subsidiaries of Health on Jan. 1, according to community system going to look like?" In general,
Resources, Inc. (HRll, which also relations spokesman Curtis West, they have concluded spiralling hospital
operates St. John's Hospital in St. Paul The proposed new facilities will not costs,among other things,will require St.
and recently established offices at 2696 require the relocation of any inpatient John's and other hospitals to provide a
Hazelwood Ave., Maplewood. St. John's, hospital beds or services from St. John's greater range of less expensive outpatient
established in 1909, has long drawn a current location at 403 Maria Ave., ac- services. HRI also expects to place a
substantial number of patients from the cording to Gerald McCarthy, president of greater emphasis on prevention and
north and northeast suburbs,and hospital HRI. Instead, the planned facilities will wellness services, he explained.
administrators have been planning sincer 1
1978 to relocate the facility in Maplewood. , .4 fig1 k ?r,
HRI owns 31 acres in Maplewood and .*'! *,', * �t '.
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building housing up to 30 specialists, an
urgent care center designed to provide 24 yiltsew ,,,
hour emergency services, a same day ' T' "-"` '
surgery facility and an office specializing '"" •
in sports medicine. There also will be ` '
support services like Iaboratories, X-ray q
offices and a pharmacy. All of these of-
fices are expected to be housed in a pair of
one-story buildings that are connected to
one another and eventually will be con-
nected to the main hospital. ARTIST'S CONCEPTION of the Health Resources-St. John's Hospital phase one
development on the northwest corner of Beam Avenue and Kennard Street,
The company is seeking almost $4
%'laplewood, is pictured above.To the left is the Kennard Professional Building, to
million in city financing for the medical
office building,and another$7 million for the right is the Health Resource Center. Immediately behind the pictured develop-
ment is the proposed site for the relocation of St.John's Hospital.