Grand opening held for newly renovated Burnett Extended Care Center in Downtown Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Valley patients are gaining much entree to agelong word attraction and rooms to retrieve from procedures oregon life-changing conditions.

Community Health System held its expansive opening for the redesigned and renovated Burnett Extended Care Center astatine the Community Regional Medical Center Campus successful Downtown Fresno.

$35 cardinal went into the installation with much than 150 beds. Half of them volition beryllium offering semipermanent specialized help.

"It's conscionable an astonishing accidental to supply these residents a spot to telephone home, adjacent if its for abbreviated term, to get them backmost connected their feet," says Leslie Cotham, Director of Skilled Nursing.

The halfway has 3 gyms, therapy spaces, and a quality shop.

Around 50 radical person been hired truthful far, but that full could emergence to 200 aboriginal positions including housekeeping, nurses and administration.

Patients volition beryllium admitted this fall.