Oct. 12, 2017 – West Bend, WI – Plans remain in place to construct a new facility for the West Bend Health Center, 1700 W. Paradise Drive in West Bend.
In an effort to best serve the community of West Bend, the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin h
ealth network is working on a comprehensive plan to address “meeting long-term community needs for health services.”
Tim Olsen is the manager of public relations at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin
“The new building will enable more efficiencies and better support care processes and technology that have developed since the West Bend Health Center was built in 1990,” Olsen said. “The current health center will remain open to serve patients while the construction work is underway.”
Olsen said Froedtert is in the “early, early stages” of planning and the new design is still a work in progress.
The plan does include the relocation of the West Bend Surgery Center to the St. Joseph’s Hospital campus.
“The plan will follow the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin philosophy of providing the right care in the right place at the right time,” said Olsen.
“This level of commitment is a reflection of how important the West Bend community and Washington County are in the health system’s growth plans.”
West Bend Mayor Kraig Sadownikow said the new construction for the West Bend Health Center would add to the community.
Construction of a new West Bend Health Center is expected to begin in summer 2018.
This story was first reported in May 2017. Olsen said as of this week he does not have any “news yet on the health center construction. Planning still going on.”
