Lewis-Gale Medical Center

Details

Name :

Lewis-Gale Medical Center

Address  :

1900 Electric Road

Town  :

Salem

State  :

Virginia

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

24153

Phone  :

540 776 4000

Web URL  :


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About Us
Welcome to LewisGale Medical Center As a 521bed tertiary facility the medical center has provided stateofthe art medical care for residents of the Roanoke Valley and Southwest Virginia for more than 100 years To learn more about our select health care services such as cardiac cancer and maternity care as well as business health and other ancillary services use the pulldown menu bars above Were dedicated to providing you with the best healthcare information so bookmark us now and check back often
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