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MEDICAL<br />
Baptist interventional cardiologist Marc Litt examines John Thorpe. Thorpe was taken to Baptist Heart Hospital after suffering a heart<br />
attack during the second round of THE PLAYERS Championship. (Photo provided by Baptist Health)<br />
A hub for health<br />
76 | <strong>2017</strong> DISCOVER JACKSONVILLE<br />
Area hospitals are at the forefront<br />
in providing highly specialized<br />
services with the latest technology.<br />
The First Coast is home to some of the most sought-after health care facilities,<br />
research programs and cutting-edge technologies in the nation.<br />
Medical facilities<br />
Founded in 1955, Baptist Health has<br />
been serving Northeast Florida and<br />
Southeast Georgia for 60 years. Baptist<br />
Health serves families in the area with<br />
high-quality, comprehensive care for<br />
every stage of life through its downtown,<br />
Southside, Beaches and Nassau facilities.<br />
Baptist is also home to freestanding<br />
Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Heart<br />
Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer<br />
Center. Baptist Health comprises seven<br />
area hospitals:<br />
• Baptist Medical Center <strong>Jacksonville</strong> is the central<br />
hub of the Baptist Health system.<br />
Located on the south bank of the<br />
St. Johns River, Baptist <strong>Jacksonville</strong><br />
provides the highest level of medical<br />
and surgical care, using the latest<br />
technologies, such as the roboticassisted<br />
da Vinci Surgical System.<br />
This was the first area hospital to<br />
offer Gamma Knife surgery, a noninvasive<br />
treatment of brain tumors.<br />
The mission of Baptist <strong>Jacksonville</strong><br />
pairs highly advanced diagnostic and<br />
treatment capabilities with highly<br />
personalized care.<br />
• Baptist Medical Center South serves the<br />
residents of southern Duval and<br />
northern St. Johns counties. At<br />
Interstate 95 and Old St. Augustine<br />
Road, Baptist South offers residents<br />
access to a full-service health<br />
care facility. The hospital boasts<br />
technologically advanced facilities<br />
alongside Baptist Health’s mission of<br />
providing for the physical, spiritual<br />
and emotional needs of patients and<br />
their families. In 2011, Baptist South<br />
opened the 20,000 square-foot, $11<br />
million expansion to the Emergency<br />
Center, more than doubling the size of<br />
the center.
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