Mercy Iowa City and Kentucky-based Kindred Healthcare recently broke ground on the state’s second free-standing rehabilitation hospital, the Corridor Business Journal reported. Mercy Iowa City Rehabilitation Hospital, located at 2801 Heartland Drive in Coralville, is expected to open by the second quarter of 2020. It will provide care for patients recovering from stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation and other serious conditions. The 54,000-square-foot facility will feature 40 patient beds, along with gymnasiums outfitted for high-tech therapy devices and treatments, a dedicated traumatic brain injury unit complete with monitored rooms, specialized beds and patient lifting equipment, and separate therapy and dining spaces. Kindred also formed a joint venture with MercyOne-Des Moines to open a free-standing 50-bed rehabilitation hospital in Clive in June 2018.