Penn Highlands Huntingdon

Name :

Penn Highlands Huntingdon

Address  :

1225 Warm Springs Avenue

Town  :

Huntingdon

State  :

Pennsylvania

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

16652

Phone  :

8146432290

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cancer Surgery
  • Cardiography
  • Cardiology
  • Cardiothoracic Surgeon
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • Family Practice
  • Gastro-enterology
  • General Medicine
  • General Surgeon
  • Gynaecology
  • Intensive Care Unit
  • Nuclear Scanning
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Orthopedics
  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • Pulmonology
  • Sport Injuiry Clinics
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 71

Speciality Type :

Multi Speciality :

  • Surgical General
  • Surgical Endoscopic
  • General Indoorcase Medical
  • Gynaecology

Description

About Penn Highlands Huntingdon
Penn Highlands Huntingdon is a 71bed nonprofit community hospital located on quotHospital Hillquot overlooking the community of Huntingdon

Founded in 1911 by Kate Fisher Blair the widow of John Chalmers Blair the hospital named JC Blair Memorial Hospital has undergone many expansion and renovation projects to continuously meet the changing healthcare needs of residents in its surrounding communities

In 2019 the hospital joined the Penn Highlands Healthcare system and was renamed Penn Highlands Huntingdon The hospital is a progressive and diverse medical center with a friendly welltrained professional staff We are continually upgrading technology and procedures with a constant commitment to improving the quality of patient care

With an active medical staff of nearly 40 physicians over 400 employees and more than 40 active volunteers Penn Highlands Huntingdon stands ready to provide care 24 hours a day seven days a week 365 days a year with medical surgical pediatric and intensive care services along with an emergency room urgent care medical imaging wound care integrated behavioral health and more inpatient and outpatient services
One in 12 kids catches infections in hospital

Almost one in 10 children admitted to hospitals catch infections mostly respiratory during their medical care that made them sicker rather than better a British study has found A survey of more than 50000 patients admitted in more than 100 hospitals in UK has found that one in 16 children had an infection associated with their health care Mos... Read More

Freemium Medical Care Indian Hospital Shows That A Charitable Hospital Can Still Make A Profit

Aaron DeOliveira points us to an interesting documentary and related series of articles about a hospital in Bangalore India called Narayana Hrudayalaya which is providing top notch medical services to all comers and still making a profit in doing so The trick appears to be a variation on the basic concepts of the quotfreemiumquot model where you pa... Read More