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  :

Penn Highlands Huntingdon
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
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