An existing rehabilitation hospital on the east side of El Paso is expected to see extensive renovations, the result of being purchased by a well-established healthcare group in the city.
Located at 1395 George Dieter Drive, the Highlands Rehabilitation Hospital has for years specialized in injury and illness recovery.
A one-story, nearly 52,000 square foot structure, the hospital has now been acquired by Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare with plans to provide expanded inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services.
In a statement, David Shimp, Las Palmas Del Sol chief executive officer, said acquisition of the hospital will “expand rehab service in our community and provide patients on the east side with a comfortable environment and enhanced patient privacy.”
The emphasis on privacy at what is now being called the Las Palmas Del Sol Rehabilitation Hospital East, will see the creation of more than three dozen private suites all designed to provide space for recovering patients.
Highlands, under the ownership of the Louisville, Kentucky-based EPI Corporation, was opened in the summer of 2000 at a cost of $10 million.
Las Palmas is a part of HCA Healthcare, a for-profit operator of health care facilities based in Nashville.
By Garry Boulard
