Colorado Springs and El Paso County Relocation ... - Keep Trees

located on the northeast side of Colorado
Springs will join the system. It will include
a new birth center, emergency services
and a hangar to house their Flight for Life
Colorado helicopter.
While Penrose-St. Francis offers a full
complement of emergency, medical and
surgical services, several programs and
clinical specialties truly distinguish the
system. The Penrose Cancer Center brings
leading edge, compassionate cancer care to
the people of southern Colorado. Penrose’s
acclaimed Heart Center consistently
achieves outcomes that exceed national
benchmarks. St. Francis Health Center excels
in outpatient surgery and behavioral health
services. Penrose’s EAP Corporate Health
Services helps businesses retain healthy
and productive employees. The Penrose-St.
Francis Center for Bariatric Surgery, located
at Penrose Hospital was named an American
Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS) Bariatric
Surgery Center of Excellence in 2005. The
Penrose-St. Francis Ask-A-Nurse offers free
health information and physician referrals at
800.327.6877 or 719.776.5555.
With 2,900 associates, 670 affi liated
physicians and 523 licensed beds, Penrose-St.
Francis stands ready to meet your medical
and emergency needs. For more information
about Penrose-St. Francis Health Services,
visit www.penrosestfrancis.org.
Memorial Health System
Memorial delivers more emergency
room visits and more patient days than any
hospital in Colorado. The system currently
operates more than a dozen facilities
throughout El Paso and Teller Counties.
These medical, administrative and support
services facilities represent more than
1 million square feet and are conveniently
accessible by residents in Colorado Springs.
History
For more than a century, Memorial
Health System and the health of Colorado
Springs have been inseparable. In 1904,
when Colorado Springs had only 21,000
people, the Methodist Church established
Colorado Conference Deaconess Hospital,
the facility that would one day become
Memorial Hospital Central. Several years
later the founder of Colorado Springs, William
J. Palmer, donated land at the present
site, 1400 E. Boulder. A new facility opened
in 1911 with a new name, Beth-El General
Hospital. In 1943, when Colorado Springs
had grown to 40,000 people, city leaders
recognized the need for a community
owned hospital. They purchased Beth-El
for $75,000 and renamed it Memorial to
honor those who lost their lives in World
War II. Today, the hospital is governed by
a board of trustees made up of community
citizens and leaders who volunteer their
time to the board.
Memorial Hospital Central
The hospital is licensed for 477 beds
with several outpatient facilities located
throughout Colorado Springs and in Teller
County. Memorial provides comprehensive
medical, surgical and critical care services
focused around several areas of excellence:
emergency and trauma, mother/baby, Memorial
Hospital for Children, rehabilitation,
oncology and cardiology. Outpatient services
provided by Memorial include occupational
health, radiology, laboratory, surgery, urgent
and after hours care, and disease and wellness
programs. The Boulder street location is
scheduled for a remodeling and expansion.
Memorial Hospital for Children
Memorial offers southern Colorado’s
only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(NICU) and its only Pediatric Intensive Care
Unit (PICU). The hospital also provides
children’s surgery; specialty clinics for
chronic illnesses such as cystic fi brosis and
diabetes; child life program to address the
psychological and emotional needs of hospitalized
children; Memorial Star Transport
team to transfer high-risk babies, children
and expectant mothers requiring timely
care; and a nearby Ronald McDonald House
provides support and lodging for families
outside the area and child life programs. One
of approximately 250 children’s hospitals
nationwide—representing just fi ve percent
of the nation’s 5,000 hospitals, Memorial
Hospital for Children makes a full range of
health services, physicians and staff available
for infants through teens.
Memorial Hospital North
To meet the healthcare needs of
residents in northern Colorado Springs
and throughout El Paso County, Memorial
Health System purchased 82 acres of land at
Briargate Crossing early in 2004, and began
developing a healthcare campus. Plans for
future growth have not been determined;
however, the site can accommodate a
500-bed hospital. Phase One opened in early
2007; the fi ve-story, 89-bed hospital has a
full range of both inpatient and outpatient
diagnostic and treatment services, including:
surgery; emergency department; labor,
delivery, recovery and postpartum unit
(LDRP concept); acute care inpatient units
for medical and surgical care; radiology
services, including diagnostic imaging,
MRI and CT; laboratory; rehabilitation and
cardiac services. North Hospital features
a patient-centered environment, which is
central to the design of this facility, with
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