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Some of the finest hospitals can be found in the Lowcountry. They include:
Beaufort Memorial Hospital
www.bmhsc.org
Beaufort Memorial Hospital: 843-522-5200
Bluffton Medical Services: 843-706-8660
Keyserling Cancer Center: 843-522-7800
Founded in 1944, Beaufort Memorial Hospital boasts a medical staff of more than 150 board-certified physicians. Affiliated with Duke Medicine for heart and cancer care, it also ranks among the top 10 percent in the nation for spine surgery and best in the region for overall orthopedics.
BMH is a nonprofit facility and reinvests all its excess revenues into its facilities to expand services and improve patients’ quality of care. One of its crowning advancements is the Keyserling Cancer Center, located in Port Royal. Designed under the direction of Duke Medicine, it offers area residents access to the latest cancer treatment technology and groundbreaking national clinical trials.
Coastal Carolina Hospital
www.coastalhospital.com
Hardeeville: 843-784-8000
Coastal Carolina Hospital is part of the Tenet Healthcare Corporation. It is a fully-accredited facility with 41 acute care beds, and has been providing quality care for the community for more than five years. Services include the Center for Hyperbarics and Wound Care, emergency care, imaging, rehabilitation, surgical services, Stroke Care (MUSC REACH Stroke Network) and more. Its mission statement says: “Our mission is to provide excellent health care to our community and those we serve. We promise to be caring people with a unique passion for improving quality of life that begins with service above self.”
Hilton Head Hospital
www.hiltonheadregional.com
Hilton Head Hospital: 843-681-6122
Bluffton-Okatie Outpatient Center: 843-705-8800
Hilton Head Hospital is part of the Tenet Healthcare Corporation. It offers a broad array of specialty programs and services, including cardiac care, orthopedics, ophthalmology, women's health and physical rehabilitation, 24-hour emergency care. It has a Breast Health Center, Heart Center, Cancer Care (affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center), a Women’s Center and in-patient and out-patient surgical services. The hospital is certified for 93 acute care beds. In Bluffton, the Bluffton-Okatie Outpatient Center, offers a primary care center, outpatient surgery, radiology, laboratory, physical therapy, occupational health services, diagnostic cardiology and physician offices.
The hospital’s mission statement is: “Hilton Head Hospital, in conjunction with our medical staff, will provide to its patients quality health care in a safe, caring and kind environment which will be cost effective and meets the needs of the populations served.”
Medical University of South Carolina
www.muschealth.com
843-792-6366
Founded in 1824 in Charleston, The Medical University of South Carolina is the oldest medical school in the South. Today, MUSC continues the tradition of excellence in education, research, and patient care. MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and residents, and has nearly 11,000 employees, including 1,500 faculty members. As the largest non-federal employer in Charleston, the university and its affiliates have collective annual budgets in excess of $1.7 billion. MUSC operates a 750-bed medical center, which includes a nationally recognized Children's Hospital, the Ashley River Tower (cardiovascular, digestive disease, and surgical oncology), and a leading Institute of Psychiatry. For more information on academic information or clinical services, visit www.musc.edu or www.muschealth.com.
St. Joseph/Candler
www.sjchs.org
Bluffton: 815-3006
St. Joseph's Hospital Campus, Savannah: 912-819-4100
Candler Hospital Campus, Savannah: 912 819-6000
St. Joseph's/Candler (SJ/C) combines high-impact technology, breakthrough clinical treatments and time-honored compassionate care to create "smart medicine" — an innovative approach to health and well-being.
SJ/C offers healthcare services across the entire continuum, including local and regional primary care, specialized inpatient and outpatient services at our two anchor hospitals, home healthcare services, as well as a wide variety of community outreach and education efforts throughout the region.
Its faith-based, holistic approach to healing encourages individuals to become more knowledgeable about their personal health, while providing the most advanced, comprehensive treatments and state-of-the-art medical technologies available almost anywhere.
