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June 6, 2001 Contact: HRSA Press Office
301-443-3376

Facilities in Four States Get Health Care Construction Grants

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced four grants totaling more than
$2.88 million to upgrade buildings and equipment at a research facility and hospitals in Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

The grants from the Health Care and Other Facilities program, administered by HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration, provide construction and renovation assistance to health facilities.  The four grants go to:

  • Roseland Community Hospital, Chicago, Ill., $836,190 for construction and movable equipment needed to expand the existing emergency department;
  • Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, N.J., $481,060 for a cardiac digital imaging system and table and an electrophysiologic mapping system to detect cardiac rhythm disorders;
  • Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C., $679,780 to complete construction of laboratory and other space at the Center for Research in Human Nutrition and Chronic Disease Prevention; and
  • Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., $885,380 to buy moveable equipment to be used in three outpatient facilities on campus.

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