Baptist Health Medical Center

Details

Name :

Baptist Health Medical Center

Address  :

9601 Interstate 630
Exit 7

Town  :

Little Rock

State  :

Arkansas

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

72205

Phone  :

501 202 2000

Web URL  :

Baptist Health Medical Center

Description

The staff of Baptist Health Medical Center Little Rock is dedicated to delivering healthcare with an attitude of Christian compassion and personal concern We believe delivering healthcare is more than a business We feel it is a part of our Christian ministry

Baptist Health Medical Center Little Rock is the largest institution under the Baptist Health banner With a full line of services available BHMCLR is equipped to cover the full continuum of health care from birth to support at lifes end

BHMCLR has always been the leader in heart care and heart transplantation The need for donor hearts far exceeds the availability BHMCLR now offers the latest technology for helping the 5000000 Americans suffering from congestive heart failure the Heart Mate The HeartMate device is implanted alongside the patients heart to help the natural hearts pumping capability when required for activities such as climbing the stairs The HeartMate allows patients once confined to the ICU to return home and live with very few restrictions while awaiting a transplant This lowers the costs to the patient and may improve their overall wellbeing BAPTIST HEALTH Medical Center Little Rock was the first hospital in Arkansas to implant this life saving device

Voted the quotBest Place to Have a Babyquot for the third year in a row BHMCLittle Rock Womens Center has expanded and renovated the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to serve premature infants and their families even better

BHMCLittle Rock opened its Outpatient Center expansion in November of 1998 This 123000 squarefoot facility located on the southern side of the Little Rock Campus houses the BAPTIST HEALTH Breast Center BAPTIST HEALTH Heart Center CARTI and several physician offices

BAPTIST HEALTH MedFlight is a stateoftheart air ambulance service that covers the state and the only air ambulance service to make flights where a helicopter pad is not available This gives MedFlight the ability to serve critically injured patients throughout the state
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