Wesley Medical Center
| Wesley Medical Center | |
|---|---|
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| Geography | |
| Location |
550 North Hillside Wichita, Kansas, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Medicare, Medicaid, and all insurance providers |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Affiliated university |
University of Kansas School of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Helipad | Yes |
| Beds | 760 beds and 102 bassinets |
| History | |
| Founded | 1912 |
| Links | |
| Website | WesleyMC.com |
| Lists | Hospitals in the United States |
Wesley Medical Center, located in Wichita, Kansas, is an acute-care center licensed for 760 beds and 102 bassinets. The medical staff of 900 physicians and 3,000 employees provide a full range of diagnostic and treatment services for patients from throughout Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Every year, more than 25,000 adults and children are inpatients and more than 6,000 babies are born at Wesley. Founded in 1912 by a regional organization of the Methodist Church, Wesley has been a facility of the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) since 1985.[1]
An unrelated organization, Wesley Medical Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, has 211 licensed beds and is owned by Triad Hospitals, Inc.
Facilities
Wesley's campus in the heart of Wichita, Kansas, has eight buildings, including:[2]
- A state-of-the art Critical Care Building - houses three adult intensive care units
- A freestanding Family Medicine Center
- A freestanding BirthCare Center
- Wesley Women's Hospital
- Wesley West Emergency and Diagnostic Center - provides 24-hour emergency care and outpatient diagnostic services, and is located at the northeast corner of 13th Street and Tyler Road.
Advanced technology and services
Although Wesley provides a full range of diagnostic and treatment services, the medical center is especially noted for:[2]
- The largest Emergency Department in Kansas
- The Children's Center (affiliated with the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions)
- A Level 1 (highest level) trauma center
- The area's only Gamma Knife Center
- State-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care and Pediatric Intensive Care units
- Cardiovascular services and accredited
- Chest Pain Center Stroke treatment and certified Stroke
- Center Advanced care for high-risk pregnancies
- Cancer care
- The area's only hyperbaric oxygen chambers Outpatient clinics