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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.〔(US hospitals Web site )〕 Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 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.〔(Grand Rapids Press )〕 In 2014, Mary Free Bed and the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine 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.〔(Grand Rapids Business Journal )〕 MSUCHM also launched the Division of Rehabilitation Medicine in 2014 and named Dr. Butzer as director. == History == The story of Mary Free Bed began in 1891 when a small group of women wanted to help people who couldn’t afford health care. They passed a purse and asked 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.〔(Mary Free Bed Web site )〕 As funds grew, this group of women, known as the Mary Free Bed Guild, began helping people with disabilities, too. Today, the 120 women of the Guild and Junior Guild continue to govern the hospital and also volunteer their time serving as greeters, patient liaisons, hospitality-cart providers and hostesses at monthly meals for patients and their families. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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