Wesley Medical Center | |
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Geography | |
Location | 550 North Hillside Wichita, Kansas, United States |
Coordinates | 37°41′47″N 97°17′54″W / 37.69639°N 97.29833°WCoordinates: 37°41′47″N 97°17′54″W / 37.69639°N 97.29833°W |
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 |
Beds | 760 beds and 102 bassinets |
Helipad | Yes |
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. The Center was founded in 1912 by the Methodist Church, but has been part of the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) since 1985.
An unrelated organization, Wesley Medical Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, has 211 licensed beds and is owned by Triad Hospitals, Inc.
Wesley's campus in the heart of Wichita, Kansas, has eight buildings, including:
Although Wesley provides a full range of diagnostic and treatment services, the medical center is especially noted for: