Williamsburg Regional Hospital

Name :

Williamsburg Regional Hospital

Address  :

500 Nelson Boulevard

Town  :

Kingstree

State  :

South Carolina

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

29556

Phone  :

843 355 8888

Web URL  :


Description

General Information
Located in Kingstree South Carolina Williamsburg Regional Hospital is a fully accredited acute care hospital offering expanded services and technology to the residents of Williamsburg County and the surrounding area

Williamsburg Regional Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations JCAHO licensed by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control DHEC member of the South Carolina Hospital Association SCHA and American Hospital Association AHA

The hospital is supported in part by the taxpayers of Williamsburg County the Duke Endowment the Williamsburg Hospital Auxiliary and other organizations

Our Values
We treat our patients as we would our family our visitors and fellow employees as we would our friends the community as our partner and our hospital as we would our home

Our Mission
Williamsburg Regional Hospital provides excellence in patient care in an environment that is respectful of others adaptive to change accountable for outcomes and is attentive to the needs of our community


History

Our History
Established in 1962 as Williamsburg County

Memorial Hospital the doors to a new 50800 square foot facility were opened in 1965 In 1980 a 5997 square foot Emergency Department was opened to replace the existing twobed department and consisted of four examining rooms and three trauma beds A new 5604 square foot patient wing consisting of 10 private rooms was added in 1980

In 2000 a 13559 square foot Medical Plaza and Rehabilitation Building was constructed on an offcampus site The main facility was dedicated as a communityowned notforprofit hospital in early 2001
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