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Health Services
As the concrete,
steel and glass continue to rise at both Spartanburg
Regional Healthcare System and Mary Black Health System,
it’s a sure sign that both are growing to meet all of
Spartanburg’s and our region’s healthcare needs.
The county’s healthcare
facilities boast sophisticated and cutting-edge medical
treatment and technology administered with a caring touch. The
compassionate professionals in our hospitals, clinics and
private practices provide residents with the very latest in
innovative healthcare services.
Residents can find comfort in
knowing that they will be provided with world-class
healthcare, right here at home, in Spartanburg.
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare
System
This is a public, not-for-profit,
integrated healthcare delivery system anchored by
Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, a 588-bed teaching and
research hospital. SRHS provides healthcare services to a
five-county area in North Carolina and South Carolina,
serving an Upstate medical population of more than 300,000.
It has earned a reputation for technological excellence
throughout the Southeast, while continuously providing the
highest quality of care to its patients.
The SRHS is composed of two
hospitals – Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in
Spartanburg and the Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative
Care. Also included is the Regional Physician Network, an
association of 30 physician offices located throughout five
counties, employing more than 90 physicians and the new
Surgery Center at Pelham – a 20,000-square-foot facility
that is phase one of the system’s medical complex in Greer.
Spartanburg Regional Medical
Center offers state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment with
more than 500 physicians on staff. Among its most
recognized departments are the Regional Heart Center,
offering 36 intensive care and 64 telemetry beds, the Gibbs
Regional Cancer Center, the Level III Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit, the Center for Women, and a Level I Trauma Center
equipped to treat any type of injury.
Connected to Spartanburg Regional
Medical Center, the six-story Regional Outpatient Center
houses a wide range of state-of-the-art outpatient,
diagnostic, laboratory and surgery, mammography, MRI and CT
scans.
In Fall 2004 SRHS opened a new
state-the-art Emergency Center. While it has 72 rooms,
hospital officials went to great length to make the
atmosphere more intimate.
Mary Black Health System
In 1925, Dr. Hugh Ratchford Black
opened a 35-bed facility named in honor of his wife, Mary
Black. Today, Mary Black Health System continues to build on
a tradition of excellence. The current Skylyn Drive facility
opened in 1968, and now the campus features a
353,690-square-foot modern medical facility. The medical
staff consists of more than 350 skilled physicians
representing all specialties. The Mary Black Physician Group
employs more than 100 physicians in approximately 30
locations.
Mary Black was the first hospital
in the Southeast to offer a non-surgical procedure for
enlarged prostate. In fact Mary Black Memorial Hospital has
completed to more procedures than any other site in the
United State and Europe.
In Spring 2004 ground was broken
for a new facility that will house the Mary Black Center for
Orthopedic Excellence/Steadman Hawkins of the Carolinas.
This facility is an expansion of the existing Steadman
Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colo. Long-time pioneers in
orthopedic medicine; this east-coast clinic will house
operating rooms, physical therapy space and research
facilities.
Other key development projects
within Mary Black Health System include the creation of a
Diagnostic Center, the Women’s Pavilion, Peachview Medical
Park in Gaffney and Squire’s Point medical offices in
Duncan. The Diagnostic Center features cardiac
catheterization, vascular imaging, nuclear medicine and
ultrasound equipment, MRI and a LightSpeed CT scanner. The
Women’s Pavilion is a $6 million facility that places
comprehensive women’s services under one roof.
Peachview Medical Park has
expanded to include internal medicine, physical therapy,
occupational medicine, expanded diagnostic care, urgent care
and rotating specialists. Squire’s Point is a
10,000-square-point facility in Duncan that provides
pediatric and family medical care.
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