Winchester Medical Center

Name :

Winchester Medical Center

Address  :

1840 Amherst Street

Town  :

Winchester

State  :

Virginia

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

22601

Phone  :

540 536 8000

Web URL  :


Description

About Us
Winchester Medical Center a 411bed nonprofit hospital in Winchester VA is a regional referral center offering a broad spectrum of services that includes diagnostic medical surgical and rehabilitative care A level II trauma center Winchester Medical Center is a resource for 400000 residents in a region known as the Top of Virginia plus neighboring West Virginia and Maryland


History

Winchester Medical Center Opened 1903
Heart shrinking trial aimed at combating heart failure to begin

The technique involves electrically stimulating nerves leading up to the heart with the hope it will reduce and size and improve life expectancy It has already been trialled on rats and dogs who were found to have been kept alive longer The first patient will be operated on next week by surgeons at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and The Royal... Read More

Diagnosis of Diseases Through Ages

Diagnosis of diseases in the past involved very primitive equipments Cutting edge technology as is seen today was not heard of in the past KG Hospital when established in the year 1974 had very few gadgets to diagnose equipments However every effort was made to import advanced and sophisticated equipments as were available in the West so as to make... Read More