Abstract:
The Auburn Community Hospital facility will serve the northeastern Indiana county of DeKalb. The county is inhabited by approximately 30,000 people with Auburn being the largest single concentration with 8,000 residents.Auburn is an area of high civic pride and growth with a sound financial background. It has also been referred to as a surburb or “bedroom” community of Fort Wayne. A good portion of the Auburn does in fact commute to Fort Wayne to work daily. The town of Auburn is a very leisurely and peaceful community while also being the county seat for DeKalb county.DeKalb county is presently being served by the DeKalb Memorial Hospital (87 bed) located just east of Auburn on State Road 8. The facility is presently constructing a new addition to cope with the growing demands of the area. The purposed Auburn Community Hospital will take these already present needs along with future projected demands and incorporate them into a new 96 bed facility on a new site more suitable for the entire county.
