Fig. 1
From: Adaptive reuse in the healthcare industry: repurposing abandoned buildings to serve medical missions
Doctors’ Hospital, as it appeared before Willis-Knighton Health System’s acquisition. Copyright © 2014 Willis-Knighton Health System. Used with permission. The featured photographs present Doctors’ Hospital of Shreveport just before its acquisition by Willis-Knighton Health System in 2015. Complete with a “For Sale” sign atop its tower and razor wire barriers around its perimeter, the dilapidated facility appeared well suited only for the wrecking ball. Willis-Knighton Health System, however, realized the building’s potential and on acquisition began concerted adaptive reuse efforts to effect its transformation