Great River Medical Center

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Name :

Great River Medical Center

Address  :

1221 South Gear Avenue

Town  :

West Burlington

State  :

Iowa

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

52655 1654

Phone  :

319 768 1000

Web URL  :

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Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cardiology
  • Dermatology
  • Gastro-enterology
  • General Surgeon
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Podiatry
  • Psychiatrist
  • Urology
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 378

Other Facilities

  • Pathology
Description
Great River Medical Center is a regional medical center offering acute skilled and intermediate care to residents of southeast Iowa westcentral Illinois and northeast Missouri The hospital offers comprehensive medical and surgical services on an inpatient and outpatient basis

Great River Medical Center is part of Great River Health Systems a 378bed regional integrated healthcare system that includes retail pharmacies retail medical equipment and supplies services outpatient renal dialysis center and a network of speciality and primarycare clinics located throughout the region

Great River Medical Centers Emergency Department sees more than 27000 patients a year and is staffed by nine boardcertified physicians Great River Medical Center is only the second hospital in the state of Iowa to have its emergency department staffed entirely by physicians who are boardcertified in emergency medicine

The hospitals Klein Center offers longterm nursing care in a parklike setting and features a special unit for patients with Alzheimers disease and other forms of severe dementia The Cancer Care Center which provides radiation therapy services for the treatment of various forms of cancer offers the latest IMRT linear accelerator and threedimensional treatmentplanning computer technology available in only a few healthcare centers in the state And the Center for Rehabilitation one of the states premier rehabilitation facilities offers comprehensive outpatient services and fitness classes

Great River Medical Center annually admits more than 6000 patients and logs more than 180000 outpatient procedures More than 100 physicians and 1600 employees share the hospitals commitment to excellence in patient care and customer service
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