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HEALTH CARE
Twin Falls, Jerome, Mini-Cassia and The Wood River are served by several hospital facilities.
One Mission of Excellence…Four Award-Winning Hospitals
St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center opened its doors in 1908.
Today, this hospital serves the health care needs of people in eight counties of southern Idaho and parts of northern
Nevada. St. Lukes Magic Valley provides inpatient and outpatient surgery, 24-hour emergency services, cancer treatment,
imaging, Canyon View Behavioral Health Services, inpatient rehabilitation, and womens and childrens health care.
A new, 186-bed hospital is under construction and expected to open in 2011. http://www.stlukesonline.org/news/construction/index.php
www.stlukesonline.org
St. Benedicts Medical Center is a non-profit hospital with a 40 bed long term care unit. It employs a staff of 200, making it the fourth largest employer in Jerome County. St. Benedicts was the only Idaho hospital to be named one of the top 100 hospitals in the United States in 1998 and 1999 by HCIA/William M. Mercer Inc. www.stbenshospital.com
The Mini-Cassia area has two hospitals offering a wide range of services.
Minidoka Memorial Hospital, is one of the county's largest employers, with over 210 full and part-time employees. Minidoka Memorial provides a wide range of services with 51 physicians on staff. This includes 7 family physicians, 1 general surgeon, 1 internist, a radiologist and numerous consulting physicians, including 2 orthopedic surgeons. In 1998 a 15,000 sq. ft. surgical and obstetrical addition was added onto the west end of the facility. Minidoka Memorial also has an extensive nursing home division which operates at near 100% capacity.
www.minidokamemorial.com Cassia Regional Medical Center, a partner of Intermountain Health Care offers a 38 bed facility with a state of the art medical center newly completed in 1995. CRMC offer 24-hour emergency services, a state of the art birthing center, coronary intensive care, occupational medicine and therapy, rehabilitation services, home care and hospice and surgical services.
www.ihc.com
St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center opened its doors, November 2000, to serve the health care needs of people living in the greater Blaine County area. This 25-bed critical access hospital provides inpatient and outpatient surgery, 24-hour emergency services, diagnostic imaging, OB/GYN services, internal medicine, orthopedics, and mammography. They provide a variety of community health services for every stage in life, from childbirth and parenting to healthy aging. They offer health screenings, educational programs, and other services tailored to meet the community needs.
http://www.stlukesonline.org/wood_river/
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