As you may be aware, our main hospital campus in Aurora is undergoing considerable growth and change. With the demand for physician and hospital services at an all time high, we've responded by addressing the needs of our community through expansion on our main campus.

Currently, we are adding 26 medical-surgical inpatient beds to ensure continued access to our services. This project is underway and we expect it to be completed by early 2008.

For convenience and access, we're beginning construction on a second, four-story, 86,000 square foot physician office building. In addition, a new main entrance, atrium-style lobby is being built. The new lobby will feature expanded seating areas, and link the hospital and physician office buildings together. A 500-vehicle parking structure for physicians and employees has been completed, making parking for patients and guests even more convenient.

Expanding extraordinary care isn't being limited to our main campus. We are also bringing enhanced services to Yorkville and Kendall county residents with our new Rush-Copley Healthcare Center. This Yorkville-based facility will offer urgent care, imaging and diagnostic services as well as physician offices. It is scheduled for completion in the spring of 2008. To learn more about this project, please visit our Rush-Copley Healthcare Center Web site.

As the leading provider of services for Aurora, Oswego, Yorkville and other surrounding communities, Rush-Copley is pleased to offer even greater access to quality medical care. If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to contact me. On behalf of everyone at Rush-Copley, we look forward to providing you with advanced medicine and extraordinary care.

Sincerely,

Barry C. Finn,
President and CEO, Rush-Copley Medical Center