What will happen if Wishard does not build new facilities?
As facilities continue to age and systems inevitably fail, buildings will close one by one. Costs will escalate and services will decline until finally, Wishard will reach a tipping point at which the hospital can no longer serve the community and will be forced to stop operating. Will the hospital stay open during construction? Yes. This is one of the advantages of building new, efficient facilities nearby – Wishard will not interrupt service to its patients. When will the new Wishard open? A new, more efficient facility can be opened as soon as December 2013. How many beds will the new Wishard have? The new Wishard will have approximately the same number of beds as its existing facilities. But the new facility will be one-third smaller than the current 17 buildings and yet be able to accommodate more patients. What will the new Wishard look like? If there were a single word to define the new Wishard, it would be “efficient.” The new Wishard will be clean, easy to maintain, easy to na
