Sentara Leigh Hospital

Name :

Sentara Leigh Hospital

Address  :

830 Kempsville Road

Town  :

Norfolk

State  :

Virginia

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

23502

Phone  :

757 261 6000

Web URL  :

Sentara Leigh Hospital
Specialization
  • Cancer Surgery
  • Cardiology
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • Family Practice
  • Gastro-enterology
  • General Medicine
  • General Surgeon
  • Internal Medicine
  • Mammography(Digital)
  • MRI Scanning
  • Neuro Surgery
  • Neurologist
  • Orthopedics
  • Pain Management
  • Pathology Lab
  • Pediatrics
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Pulmonology
  • Sleepless mess
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgeon
  • X-Ray
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 250

Other Facilities

  • X-Ray
  • CT/MRI

Description

Sentara Leigh Hospital located in Norfolk VA is a 250bed acute care facility that opened in 1903 and relocated to its present site in 1977 Our hospital completed a renovation in 2016 including two new patient towers a beautiful atrium and a multistory parking garage

Sentara Leigh Hospital includes a dedicated Orthopedic Hospital providing patients access to a full continuum of orthopedic care from the preoperative phase and surgery to rehabilitation and home care services Along with being a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence we also specialize in orthopedic and spine care heart vascular maternity care and general surgery We are also home to the regionrsquos only 24hour hyperbaric oxygen program that helps speed up the healing of carbon monoxide poisoning wounds that wonrsquot heal infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen airborne chemical exposures and scuba diving accidents
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