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Iowa Lutheran Hospital
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- Orthopedics
Total Number Of Beds : 224
Other Facilities
- Pathology
- X-Ray
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About Us
Iowa Lutheran Hospital has a long history of serving the Des Moines community and central Iowa with a caring atmosphere The hospital has 224 staffed beds and specializes in cardiovascular care maternity services emergency and trauma treatment chemical dependency treatment behavioral medicine general surgery critical care older adult services and home health care
Established in 1914 by SwedishAmerican Lutherans the hospitals services soon expanded beyond the walls of its original building and denominational origins The hospitals history has been filled with firsts It founded Americas first polio clinic 1942 Des Moines first kidney dialysis center 1971 and Iowas first multiple sclerosis center 1988
Education has always played an important role at Iowa Lutheran The hospital established its School of Nursing in 1914 training many generations of Iowa nurses Many of Iowa Lutherans graduates served in the US Cadet Nurse Corps during World War IIIowa Lutheran is also home to one of Iowas largest private hospitalbased mental health facilities Combining advanced medical care with psychiatric diagnostic and treatment capabilities it addresses mental illness and emotional or behavioral problems alike Lutherans capabilities include child and adolescent psychiatry along with a dual psychiatric and chemical dependency unit for adolescents
Powell Chemical Dependency Center at Iowa Lutheran has been a leader in Iowa and across the nation in developing treatment programs for chemically affected people The center has treated individuals for more than 25 years
The outpatient services area at Iowa Lutheran consists of a variety of outpatient service departments including regional infusion therapy Xray outpatient surgery and endoscopy
Iowa Lutheran has an outstanding hospital auxiliary one of the oldest and largest in the nation founded in 1910 prior to the hospitals opening In addition to providing many kinds of support services for the hospital the Auxiliary has been responsible for several major fundraising effortsover a million dollars in the 1990s alone Auxiliary dollars have raised funds for the surgical waiting room and the breast health center as well as many other areas of the hospital
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