Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital

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Name :

Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital

Address  :

800 Hospital Drive

Town  :

Columbia

State  :

Missouri

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

65201

Phone  :

573 814 6000

Web URL  :

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Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital
Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cardiology
  • Cardiothoracic Surgeon
  • Cosmetic Surgery
  • CT Scanning
  • Dermatology
  • Endocrinology
  • Gastro-enterology
  • General Surgeon
  • Hematologist
  • Immunology
  • Mammography(Digital)
  • MRI Scanning
  • Nephrology
  • Neuro Surgery
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Pathology Lab
  • Pharmacology
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Psychiatrist
  • Sleepless mess
  • Vascular Surgeon
  • X-Ray
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 126

Other Facilities

  • Pathology
  • X-Ray
  • Ultrasonography
  • CT/MRI
Description
We provide you with health care services at 9 locations in Missouri and Pike County Illinois Facilities include our Harry S Truman Memorial Veteransrsquo Hospital in Columbia and 8 communitybased outpatient clinics located in Jefferson City Kirksville Marshfield Mexico Osage Beach Sedalia St James and Waynesville To learn more about the services each location offers visit the VA Columbia Missouri health services page

The VA Columbia Missouri Healthcare System is one of the leading health care systems serving Veterans in the VA Heartland Network We are an innovative care center within the Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 VISN 15 which includes medical centers and clinics in Missouri Kansas Illinois Kentucky

Fast facts
Harry S Truman Memorial Veteransrsquo Hospital serves 44 counties in Missouri as well as Veterans in Pike County Illinois
Construction of our hospital began in 1968 to replace a VA hospital in Excelsior Springs that closed in 1951 We admitted our first patient on April 4 1972
In 1975 Congress renamed our hospital after President Harry S Truman the 33rd president and World War I Veteran He was a native of Lamar Missouri
Our hospital maintains 126 operating beds
In 2018 we served 37987 patients and completed 421617 outpatient visits
We maintain a partnership with Frederick Douglass High School Students have paid jobs in the VA Columbia Missouri Healthcare System and complete selfdirected academic work in a classroom with a Douglass teacher
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