Bon Secours St Mary's Hospital

Details

Name :

Bon Secours St Mary's Hospital

Address  :

5801 Bremo Road

Town  :

Richmond

State  :

Virginia

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

23226

Phone  :

804 285 2011

Web URL  :


Description

Since 1966 St Marys Hospital has served Central Virginia providing compassionate health care of the highest quality St Marys Hospital was the first community hospital in Richmond to achieve Magnetreg Recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for nursing excellence in 2008 St Marys was named a Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital in the nation by Thomson Reuters and was recognized by HealthGrades for being ranked among the Top 5 in the nation for emergency medicine critical care stroke gastrointestinal care and prostatectomy St Marys is accredited by The Joint Commission for having centers of excellence in heart failure heart attack hip and knee joint replacement and primary stroke center Its also a center of excellence for surgical weight loss surgery and breast imaging Furthermore St Marys is designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the American College of Surgeons St Marys is pleased of all of its honors and awards
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