Sparrow Hospital is a 733-bed

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located in

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that provides care for the greater Mid-Michigan region. The hospital is a subsidiary of Sparrow Health System, and is affiliated with the Colleges of

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and

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at nearby Michigan State University. Sparrow Hospital operates the only dedicated pediatric and adult emergency department in the region. The emergency department is a

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, as verified by the American College of Surgeons. It is also a

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certified Comprehensive Stroke Center. Sparrow also has modern operating rooms, multiple helipads, an oncology center, heart and vascular center, and orthopedic department. In addition, 4,500 births are performed at Sparrow Hospital annually.

History

Sparrow Hospital was founded in 1896, when the ''Women's Hospital Association'' supported one doctor and one nurse out of a rented house. In 1910, Lansing developer Edward W. Sparrow donated land on East Michigan Avenue near the Michigan State Capitol and $100,000 to help build the hospital. The hospital opened in 1912. In 2008, a 10-story addition, the ''Sparrow Tower'', was completed. The $160 million, addition houses the hospital's emergency departments. The Herbert-Herman Cancer Center opened on July 17,2017. The 132,000-square-foot facility, located across Michigan Avenue from the Sparrow Tower, offers state-of-the-art cancer treatment with the help of three linear accelerators for radiation treatment. It also has 40 chemotherapy bays. Breast cancer survivor Judi Herbert, who along with her husband, Jim, and Dr. James and Susan Herman, donated a combined $2.5 million to the development of the center. The art of healing is an important factor in the $64-million cancer center, which has roughly $600,000 worth of art decorating the walls and ceiling. Sparrow unveils $64M cancer center Alexander Alusheff Lansing State Journal July 12,2017

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Sparrow Health System web site
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