Sunday, September 7, 2008
Veterans Affairs Med Center
200 Veterans Avenue
Beckley,
WV 25801-6499
(304) 255-2121
Detailed Information
At a glance
| Hospital type: |
General medical and surgical |
| Operated by: |
Veterans Affairs |
| Total beds: |
90 |
| Administrator: |
Not reported |
| Parent system: |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Selected accreditations/memberships: |
Accredited, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) |
Key services:
- General medical and surgical care
- General intensive care
- Orthopedics department
- Emergency department
|
Specialized services
Inpatient:
- Elderly/disabled:(Intermediate nursing care)
- End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care)
- Infection isolation room
- Oncology services
- Psychiatric care:(Psychiatric emergency services)
|
Outpatient
- Elderly/disabled:(Intermediate nursing care)
- End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care)
- Infection isolation room
- Oncology services
- Psychiatric care:(Psychiatric emergency services)
|
Patient/family support services:
- Assistance with government services
- Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
- Oncology services
- Patient support groups
- Patient representative/ombusdman
- Transportation for elderly/handicapped
- Translation services
|
Community outreach:
- Health fairs
- Health screenings
|
Imaging services (diagnostic and therapeutic)
- CT scanner
- Diagnostic radioisotope facility
- Multislice spiral computer tomography (MSCT)
- Single photon emission computerized tomography (SpedCT)
- Ultrasound
|
By the numbers:
| Admissions: |
1,767 |
| Inpatient surgeries: |
198 |
| Outpatient visits: |
150,225 |
| Outpatient surgeries: |
1,381 |
| Emergency room visits: |
11,337 |
| Births: |
0 |
| Number of beds: |
90 |
Staffing(employed, on payroll):
| Full-time registered nurses: |
115 |
| Part-time registered nurses: |
1 |
| Full-time licensed practical nurses: |
57 |
| Part-time licensed practical nurses: |
0 |
| Total full-time faculty personnel: |
570 |
| Total part-time faculty personnel: |
6 |
Notes
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