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Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital is a 167-bed acute care inpatient rehabilitation hospital for children and adults who have experienced a brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, amputation, or other injury or illness requiring physical rehabilitation.[1] Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, the not-for-profit hospital expanded from 80 beds to 167 beds in early 2015. Patients come from throughout the Midwest and beyond to recover movement and function through Mary Free Bed's inpatient rehabilitation programs.[2] In 2014, Mary Free Bed and the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (MSUCHM) created a partnership to expand Mary Free Bed into a teaching and research hospital. The John F. Butzer Center for Research & Innovation is led by John F. Butzer, MD, who served as Mary Free Bed's chief medical officer for 29 years.[3] MSUCHM also launched the Division of Rehabilitation Medicine in 2014 and named Dr. Butzer as director. HistoryThe institution began in 1891 in order to help those who could not afford medical care. A group of women in the Grand Rapids area passed around a purse, asking "anyone named Mary – or anyone who knew someone named Mary" – to donate a dime. It was the most common name at the time, and the donations supported the first "Mary free bed" at a local hospital. The Mary Free Bed Guild, incorporated in 1911, was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 2016.[4][5] Rehabilitation servicesSports Accreditation The Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Network Members include Allegiance Health, Borgess Hospital, Bronson Battle Creek, Bronson LakeView, Bronson Methodist, Covenant HealthCare, McLaren Health System, Metro Health Hospital, and Sparrow Hospital.[10][11][12] Mary Free Bed at Covenant (located in Saginaw, MI) is the largest inpatient rehab unit in northern Michigan and is CARF accredited. References
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