Memorial Hosp At Easton Maryland

Details

Name :

Memorial Hosp At Easton Maryland

Address  :

219 South Washington Street

Town  :

Easton

State  :

Maryland

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

21601

Phone  :

410 822 1000

Web URL  :


Description

The Memorial Hospital at Easton
Memorial Hospital has 140 licensed beds The hospitals primary service area includes Caroline Dorchester and Talbot counties its secondary service area includes Queen Annes and Kent counties Hospital services span a broad range of primary and secondary inpatient acute care services including acute rehabilitation medical and surgical obstetricalgynecological pediatrics oncology renal neuroscience and critical care Memorial Hospital earned designation as a primary stroke center from the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System in 2007 That same year the hospital opened a new Emergency Department designed to accommodate 60000 visits a year

The Requard Center for Acute Rehabilitation is a 20bed quothospital within a hospitalquot whose staff provides acute nursing care medical supervision by specially trained physicians and a comprehensive program of physical occupational and speech therapy for adults recovering from injuries surgery and illnesses

Memorial Hospital provides a full array of diagnostic and therapeutic inpatient and outpatient services including comprehensive imaging services laboratory testing sameday surgery and neurological cardiovascular and pulmonary diagnostic testing Diagnostic imaging services include the most advanced technology available for hospitals using digital mammography Computed Tomography CT positron emisson tomography PET CT Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI nuclear medicine and interventional radiology

The Edward B and Mildred H Freeman Outpatient Center at Memorial Hospital the main entrance to the hospital for outpatient and surgical services is also the headquarters for the Shore Comprehensive Pain Care clinic an Infusion Center and a Short Stay Unit Memorial Hospital is also the home to the Center for CardioPulmonary Fitness and Wellness the Joint Replacement Center the Regional Sleep Disorders Center the Wound Healing Center a Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate the Kidney Transplant Clinic and the Dialysis Vascular Access Clinic
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