Covenant Medical Center

Details

Name :

Covenant Medical Center

Address  :

3421 West Ninth Street

Town  :

Waterloo

State  :

Iowa

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

50702

Phone  :

319 272 8000

Web URL  :

Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 366

Other Facilities

  • X-Ray
  • CT/MRI

Description

Located in Waterloo Iowa Covenant Medical Center is a 366bed fullservice multispecialty hospital providing acute subacute and outpatient health care

A full complement of facilities and services are available to support the communityiacutes health care needs including intensive care operating and recovery rooms for both inpatient and ambulatory surgery diagnostic radiology services such as Xray magnetic resonance imaging CT scanning mammography laboratory respiratory therapy electrophysiology and pharmacy
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