Valley Hospital Medical Center is a

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owned by

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and operated by Valley Health System. It is one of six hospitals within the Valley Health System in

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. It is accredited by the

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and includes a certified Primary Stroke Center, an accredited Chest Pain Center and a certified Heart Failure Center.

History

The hospital, founded in 1972, established

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's first

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service, ''

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'', which was owned by Metro Aviation, in 1980. On December 4, 2001, Valley Hospital ended its contract with Metro Aviation, shutting down the ''Flight for Life'' air ambulance service and retiring the

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. Valley Hospital completed a new helipad next to the emergency department with a grassy area in 2007. Valley's ''Emergency Critical Care Center'' increased the number of beds from 28 to 42 on March 11, 2004. This project was completed when 11 urgent care beds were added to the center in June. The hospital no longer has labor and delivery, NICU, nursery or gynecology units as of 2014. This area of the hospital was re-purposed to become a Behavioral Health Unit.

Services

* Chest Pain Center * Behavior Health Unit * Medical/Surgical floors (with telemetry) * Critical Care * Stroke Center * Emergency Department * Surgical and Endoscopic Care (and recovery unit) * Acute Rehabilitation * Diabetes Education and Counseling

Advanced Cardiovascular Service

* Open heart surgery * Balloon angioplasty * Cardiac catheterizations and stenting * Peripheral vascular studies

Neurological Services

* Coiling for brain aneurysms * Neurosurgery * Stroke care

Helipad

From 1980 to 2001, the helipad was located on top of the hospital, adjacent to the lobby. After "Flight for Life" was sold to " Mercy Air Services" in 2001, the hospital created a landing zone just south of the emergency entrance in a dirt lot for Mercy Air's bigger helicopters. In 2007, the hospital refurbished an old parking lot into a grassy area, complete with a new helipad right in front of the emergency entrance.

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