Baptist Medical Center-Nassau

Name :

Baptist Medical Center-Nassau

Address  :

1250 South 18th Street

Town  :

Fernandina Beach

State  :

Florida

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

32034

Phone  :

904 321 3500

Web URL  :

Baptist Medical CenterNassau
Specialization
  • ENT
  • Gastro-enterology
  • Gynaecology
  • Orthopedics
  • Podiatry
Facilities

Other Facilities

  • CT/MRI

Description

About Baptist Nassau
Baptist Medical Center Nassau is a highly advanced extremely wellequipped community hospital on Amelia Island that provides a full spectrum of in and outpatient services and 24hour emergency care to coastal communities in northeast Florida and southeast Georgia

It is an Accredited Chest Pain Center has earned Magnet recognition for excellence in patient care and offers many advanced services and technologies not typically seen in a community hospital including 64slice CT digital mammography and fulltime hospitalist program It was one of the first community hospitals in the nation to convert to an electronic medical record system

All patients are cared for in the stateoftheart Berkman Building which offers 48 private patient suites including intensive care Baptist Nassau has a busy maternity department delivering over 450 babies per year Inpatient pediatric care is provided by Wolfson Childrens Hospital in Jacksonville our sister hospital in the Baptist Health System and the only pediatric specialty hospital in the area

The medical staff includes highly trained physicians in 24 different specialties who practice locally and as part of the Baptist Health System Baptist Nassau has access to many additional specialized physicians services and resources when needed


History

Thanks to a growth spurt that occurred in Fernandina in the late 1930s a fullservice hospital opened in Fernandina in 1942 The hospital like the community has made great strides since then In the late 1970s it moved to its current location at Lime Street and South 18th Street In 1994 it joined Baptist Health a notforprofit comprehensive health system based in Jacksonville that is considered one of the most progressive and respected in the region
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