The Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network opened a new community hospital today in Mequon, located at 11421 N. Port Washington Road, across the street from the Froedtert & MCW Mequon Health Center.

Froedtert Community Hospital – Mequon is a fully licensed, accredited acute-care hospital and part of the Froedtert & MCW health network. The small-scale community hospital will offer access to emergency and inpatient care and will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

At approximately 17,000 square feet in size, the hospital will have a seven-bed emergency department with eight inpatient beds for patients requiring additional care, observation and tests. The hospital, which also will have laboratory, pharmacy and imaging services, is designed to treat medical emergencies that require attention beyond a health center or urgent care clinic’s capability.

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