10-20-08 Bendix Physicians Center

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City of South Bend For Immediate Release October 20, 2008 4:00 PM Contact: Mike Stack, Public Relations Coordinator, Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center 574-472-6904, 472-2426(Pager), 472-6900 (Fax) Ruth Linster, Memorial Health System 574-647-3234, (Pager)280-3320 Mikki Dobski, City of South Bend, 574-235-5855, 876-1564c. Renovation to Begin at Future Home of “Bendix Family Physicians;” Oct. 23 Press Conference, Ceremony Scheduled for Collaboration Between Hospitals, City at LaSalle Square The City of South Bend, Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, and Memorial Health System will hold a press conference and ceremony to signal the beginning of renovations of a vacant medical office building that will soon become “Bendix Family Physicians,” located at 1010 North Bendix Drive in South Bend across from LaSalle Square. The press conference and ceremony will be held on Thursday, October 23 at 12:00 Noon at the Westside facility. Bendix Family Physicians, the result of an unprecedented and ambitious partnership between Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Memorial Health System, and the City of South Bend, will be a full-service medical practice and venue for community health information programming. It is expected that renovations will be complete and the practice will open to patients in Spring 2009. “The City of South Bend is pleased to join as a partner with Memorial Health System and Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center in meeting a documented community need for better, more affordable healthcare on the Westside,” said South Bend Mayor Stephen J. Luecke. “This initiative also represents our continued journey toward the economic revitalization of LaSalle Square. I am confident this public-private partnership will bring new investment that will augment the community’s planning efforts and the city’s strategic use of resources to spur economic development.” -more-