Instead of building a new Wishard, why not move to the vacant St. Francis facility in Beech Grove?
Wishard’s location on the IUPUI campus is central to its patients. The on-campus location allows Wishard to partner with the IU School of Medicine, so Wishard can be staffed with outstanding physicians from the IU School of Medicine faculty. To relocate Wishard to Beech Grove would cut off its vital services from many of the people that need it most, and would distance Wishard’s life-saving critical care facilities – such as its adult Level One Trauma center and adult Level One burn center – from the epicenter of Marion County’s population. Even if this location was not paramount, the abandoned St. Francis facility would not provide a feasible solution. The facilities, like Wishard’s, are aged with buildings ranging in age from 39-96 years old. It would not provide a cost-effective, efficient long-term solution for Wishard and the people it serves. How in depth did you study the off-campus options? Wishard completely analyzed every option for its impact on cost, quality and efficiency.
