Forbes Regional Hospital

Details
Medical Suppliers In Pennsylvania

Name :

Forbes Regional Hospital

Address  :

2570 Haymaker Road

Town  :

Monroeville

State  :

Pennsylvania

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

15146

Phone  :

412 858 2000

Web URL  :

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Specialization
  • Cardiology
  • Gynaecology
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oncologist
  • Orthopedics
  • Psychiatrist
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 318

Description
About Us
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital Forbes Regional Campus is a 318bed hospital in Monroeville providing quality health care for residents of eastern Allegheny and Westmoreland counties

The Solucient Institute named West Penn Hospital Forbes Regional Campus one of the nations 100 Top Performance Improvement Leader hospitals in 2004 and 2005 The hospital was the only health care facility in Allegheny County and one of just four hospitals in the state to be named to the select list

West Penn Hospital Forbes Regional Campus offers a complete array of surgical medical and both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services The facility offers care in bariatric surgery cardiology diabetes diagnostic imaging emergency medicine gynecology hospice care neurology obstetrics oncology orthopedics outpatient surgery pediatrics and psychiatry

Its Gerald McGinnis Emergency Department is one of the busiest in the region logging more than 41000 visits annually

Forbes Hospice located in Oakland is Pittsburghs oldest and most respected endoflife and palliative care program providing care for families from Allegheny Beaver Butler Washington and Westmoreland counties Forbes Hospice has helped thousands of terminally ill people to live each day to the fullest surrounded by the comfort of family and friends

Offering sophisticated care with the added convenience of a community hospital West Pen Hospital Forbes Regional Campus annually admits more than 14000 patients and performs nearly 10000 surgeries

A 24 million initiative called Redefining Community Medicine has greatly enhanced the scope of clinical services at West Penn Hospital Forbes Regional Campus Residents of eastern Allegheny and Westmoreland counties now have access to stateoftheart technologies and advanced clinical services normally available only at city hospitals

The Womens and Infants Care Center opened in May 2007 This labor delivery recovery and postpartum facility offers families quality comprehensive care in a homelike setting Eleven beautiful spacious suites are designed so that babies mothers and husbands or partners can remain together in the same room throughout the stay

The Ed Dardanell Heart amp Vascular Center offers the latest technologies and critical services needed for lifesaving heart and vascular care The centers physicians perform open heart surgery and other advanced procedures catheterizations angioplasties and stent procedures Doctors also use stateoftheart technology to enable endovascular grafting and other specialized vascular procedures The Center houses a dedicated Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
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