MADISON, Wis (SPECTRUM. NEWS) -- UW Health expected next month to open a new $5.8 million state-of-the-art Burn Center.  

The 11 bed site is double the size of the current facility and features spacious suite-like rooms with space for extended family visits as well as personal shower areas.  Burn Center Director Dr. Lee Faucher says it is not common for a burn facility to offer this amenity.

‘It’s kind of a newer concept to have a bathroom and shower in everybody’s room and actually it is large enough so that the patient can have assistance from the caregiver, so we can practice that before they get home.’ Dr. Faucher said.

The site was two years in the making and features a physical therapy room as well as children's play area to rehabilitate burn victims.