Outpatient surgeries and rehabilitation care at Nationwide Children's now have a new home in the $179 million Livingston Orthopedic and Surgery Center.
The 272,000 square-foot facility is the latest undertaking in the downtown hospital's $3.3 billion project announced back in 2021 and just one of the dozens of developments across central Ohio's health systems.
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The six-story building officially relocates the the hospital's surgery center from the main hospital, and and is slowly phasing in a wide berth of clinical services that go beyond surgical needs. Once all clinical groups are moved into the center, a hospital spokesperson said it expects to serve around 70,000 patients annually.
The space includes physical and occupational therapy care, a cerebral palsy clinic, sports medicine clinics to address musculoskeletal injuries and other sports-related injuries, as well as a concussion clinic and rheumatology department, among others.
Patients will also have access to the 11,000 square-foot rehabilitation gym, 2,700 square feet of turf space, rehab areas with specialized equipment, a basketball court, gymnastics tumbling space and a performing arts studio.
Chief of Orthopedic Surgery and Surgical Director of Sports Medicine at Nationwide Children's, Dr. Kevin Klingele, said the "state-of-the-art" care comes from a "unique, world-class" facility that patients' families can trust.
"This center will allow centralized care for patients throughout Ohio as well as regional, national and international referrals who travel to Nationwide Children's Hospital for top-ranked, specialty and orthopedic care,"
Samantha Hendrickson is the Columbus Dispatch's medical business and health care reporter. She can be reached at shendrickson@dispatch.com
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