West Tennessee Healthcare Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

Name :

West Tennessee Healthcare Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

Address  :

620 Skyline Drive

Town  :

Jackson

State  :

Tennessee

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

38301

Phone  :

7315415000

Web URL  :

West Tennessee Healthcare JacksonMadison County General Hospital
Specialization
  • Cancer Surgery
  • Cardiography
  • Cardiology
  • Cardiothoracic Surgeon
  • Family Practice
  • General Medicine
  • General Surgeon
  • Gynaecology
  • Mammography(Digital)
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Neuro Surgery
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oncologist
  • Sleepless mess
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 123

Speciality Type :

Super Speciality :

  • Neuro Surgical
  • Cancer
  • Neurology
  • Infertility
  • Interventional Radiology
  • Cardiology


Description

JacksonMadison County General Hospital like all affiliates within West Tennessee Healthcare is a notforprofit organization Totally selfsupporting without need for local tax support all revenues generated provide for overhead costs including employee expense debt service purchase of technology renovation expansion creation of new services and most importantly maintaining the lowcost structure for which General Hospital is well known Opening August 11 1950 as a 123bed community hospital to serve JacksonMadison Countyrsquos Hospital needs the facility has become one of Tennesseersquos most respected healthcare sites

Approximately 7000 employees make up West Tennessee Healthcare the majority of whom staff JacksonMadison County General Hospital

JacksonMadison County General Hospital offers the only open heart surgery program in rural West Tennessee Our cardiothoracic surgeons have performed tens of thousands of procedures Patients in rural West Tennessee do not need to travel to bigger cities for their cardiovascular care

Robotic microsurgery is also available at JacksonMadison County General Hospital Surgical Services is proud to host two daVinci robotic units Many local surgeons use this hightechnology tool to perform hysterectomies and prostatectomies as well as hernia repair plus colon urology and cardiovascular procedures


History

The flagship of West Tennessee Healthcare is a 621bed tertiary care center The only tertiary care hospital between Memphis and Nashville the hospital serves a 17county area of rural West Tennessee Approximately 400000 persons reside within the service area Within General Hospital there exists six lsquocenters of excellencersquo the West Tennessee Heart and Vascular Center Kirkland Cancer Center West Tennessee Womenrsquos Center West Tennessee Neuroscience and Spine Center and Emergency Services Each center has an historic reputation of lsquohightech hightouchrsquo skills
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