Tampa General Hospital and Kindred Healthcare/Anchor Health formed a partnership to build a new 87,000-square-foot freestanding inpatient rehabilitation facility in Tampa Bay–TGH Rehabilitation Hospital. This specialty hospital serves patients who require rehabilitation following a stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, or similar medical issue. Focused rehabilitation with the ultimate goal of in-home recovery, all rooms are private with state-of-the-art technology, including a secured brain injury unit with private dining and therapy gym, large PT gym with a stationary Smart Car for driving skills, model kitchen, and bathroom and bedroom areas. The facility also has an Ekso NR™ suit which is a robotic exoskeleton designed for neurorehabilitation patients recovering from neurological deficits like stroke and spinal cord injury.
