RELIFE TO MANAGE REHABILITATION UNIT.BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 28, 1994--ReLife, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:RELF) and St. Mary's Hospital, a 440-bed acute care facility in Huntington, West Virginia Huntington is a city located in the U.S. State of West Virginia along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat of government. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. , today announced an agreement in which ReLife will manage the hospital's rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. department. Although specific terms of the agreement were not disclosed, the contract is effective January 16, 1995. "This contract will significantly broaden our current operating base in Huntington," said Michael E. Stephens, ReLife's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "By adding outpatient rehabilitation services to ReLife's current services, we'll be able to serve more people in and around the Huntington community." The agreement will enhance ReLife's existing services at Huntington Rehabilitation Hospital Hospital devoted to the rehabilitation of patients with various neurologic, musculoskeletal, orthopedic and other medical conditions following stabilization of their acute medical issues. , a 40-bed facility. The hospital, which ReLife acquired in December 1992, provides comprehensive inpatient inpatient /in·pa·tient/ (in´pa-shent) a patient who comes to a hospital or other health care facility for diagnosis or treatment that requires an overnight stay. in·pa·tient n. rehabilitation services, including ReLife's acclaimed brain and spinal cord spinal cord, the part of the nervous system occupying the hollow interior (vertebral canal) of the series of vertebrae that form the spinal column, technically known as the vertebral column. programs. "We are enthusiastic about our relationship with ReLife," St. Mary's Executive Director J. Thomas Jones Thomas Jones is the name of:
Including the St. Mary's agreement, Birmingham, Alabama-based ReLife owns and operates a system of 47 inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation facilities in 12 states for people who are recovering from disabling dis·a·ble tr.v. dis·a·bled, dis·a·bling, dis·a·bles 1. To deprive of capability or effectiveness, especially to impair the physical abilities of. 2. Law To render legally disqualified. injuries and illnesses. The system specializes in treating people with traumatic brain, spinal cord and work-related injuries, in addition to providing general rehabilitation services. CONTACT: ReLife, Inc., Birmingham Thomas W. Marshall, 205/870-8099 |
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