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October 17, 2018

Kane McKeesport celebrates opening of special care unit

By Mon Valley Independent

By JEFF STITT

jstitt@yourmvi.com

Allegheny County’s Kane Community Living Center in McKeesport will begin accepting patients to its new post-acute care drug addiction rehabilitation and treatment unit today.

County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and several other county, state and McKeesport officials were joined Tuesday by Highmark Health, Allegheny Health Network and Gateway Health representatives for a ribbon cutting celebrating the opening of a new 45-bed unit on the third floor. The center, which is located on Ninth Street and was formerly known as Kane Regional and Kane Hospital, will continue to provide skilled nursing care to senior citizens and Alzheimer’s, hospice, pastoral and respite care and social services to all of its other patients.

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