El Camino Health breaks ground on new Sunnyvale facility

SUNNYVALE El Camino Healthcare this week broke ground on a new facility aimed at providing patients with rehabilitation services The center will be located near the Sunnyvale-Mountain View dividing line on El Camino Real The four-story building will feature rooms and provide services including acute adult inpatient care for individuals recovering from strokes spinal cord injuries traumatic brain injuries and other severe conditions There also will be clinical services including physical and occupational therapies speech pathology services and specialized programs dedicated to neurological stroke brain injury spinal cord injury and amputation rehabilitation Construction is slated to begin this month with a project cost of around million The new facility will start accepting patients in spring The completed hospital also will consist of amenities for patients including a gym courtyard gardens and transitional living apartment where patients can prepare to transition back home Dan Woods CEO of El Camino Healthcare declared the rehabilitation hospital will allow the hospital to expand its presence in the Silicon Valley This new facility is not just about providing rehabilitation services while patients are in healing it s about supporting them beyond their stay Woods revealed With dedicated transitional services we aim to help patients regain independence and successfully return to their everyday lives In the past scarce years El Camino has rolled out multiple new facilities or updated existing ones Last April the hospital unveiled a new Los Gatos office for its youth mental wellbeing clinic In it launched construction on a wide-ranging revamp of women s robustness and maternity facilities at its Mountain View campus