Geisinger Medical Center
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Geisinger Medical Center (GMC) is an academic medical center in Danville, Pennsylvania that opened in 1915 as the George F. Geisinger Memorial Hospital. It is the flagship hospital for the Danville-based Geisinger Health System, a primary chain of hospitals and clinics across northeastern and central Pennsylvania. Geisinger Medical Center is an adult level I trauma center. Adjoined is the Janet Weis Children's Hospital (JWCH), a pediatric level II trauma center.[1] Geisinger Life Flight, a helicopter medevac system, is based at GMC.
GMC's position in a small town gives Danville one of the highest concentrations of hospital workers in the United States. According to Todd Frankel of The Washington Post, "Life in Danville has always seemed to revolve around what some locals call the 'Big G,' the hospital on the hill that employs more than 10,000 people in a borough of 4,600."[2]
History
Abigail Geisinger founded the hospital in December 1915, then named the George F. Geisinger Memorial Hospital after her late husband.[3] In 1928, a surgical pavilion was added.[4] In 1961, it was reorganized as Geisinger Medical Center.[5]
Hospital for Advanced Medicine
On February 9, 2010, Geisinger Medical Center opened the Hospital for Advanced Medicine (HfAM).[6]
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- HfAM 7 Acuity Adaptable Care Unit - Opened in 2010, this floor focuses on patient care related to cardiac surgery, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and thoracic surgery. Since 2015 Geisinger Medical Center is a certified Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) center for supporting patients requiring ECMO.[7]
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2025 expansion
Geisinger announced plans for an $880Script error: No such module "String".million expansion to begin in 2025. Plans include all-private patient rooms, an 11-story tower, and expanded emergency room (ER) space. The ER would increase its bed count, and 20 new operating rooms would be added.[8]
See also
References
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