University Health Truman Medical Center, previously Truman Medical Center–Hospital Hill (abbreviated TMC Hospital Hill), is a 238-bed
acute care
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and
outpatient
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hospital
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located in
Kansas City, Missouri
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.
University Health Truman Medical Center has one of the busiest adult
emergency department
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s (EDs) in the
Kansas City metropolitan area
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with more than 60,000 visits a year. It is located in
Downtown Kansas City
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, across from
Children's Mercy Hospital and connected via a
skybridge, having access for pediatric transfers when necessary.
The hospital is affiliated with the
University of Missouri–Kansas City
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(UMKC) School of Medicine and provides training base for its four- and six-year medical programs.
The facility is equipped with diverse fields of services including ED, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, cardiology, and radiology.
History
The origins of University Health Truman Medical Center began in 1870 with the construction of City Hospital at 22nd Street and McCoy Avenue (now Kenwood Avenue) in Kansas City.
Voters approved a bond issue in 1903 to fund the construction of a new larger General Hospital because the 175-bed hospital was deemed insufficient for the growing city.
In 1905,
Thomas Swope donated 4.5 acres of land on
Gillham Road between 23rd and 24th Streets.
In 1908, the new 600-bed General Hospital opened.
A new racially segregated hospital was built in 1930, with old General Hospital No. 1 being for white patients and new General Hospital No. 2 becoming the "colored division".
The hospitals merged in 1957, and the newly integrated hospital eventually became the teaching hospital for the newly established
University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Medical School.
The hospital officially opened at its present-day location in 1976.
On December 30, 1986, a fire ignited in a patient's room in the hospital due to smoking, ultimately resulting in the death of two patients. The fire caused the evacuation of over 50 patients, and several staff members and medical students required treatment for smoke inhalation.
In 2021, the hospital changed its name from Truman Medical Center-Hospital Hill to University Health Truman Medical Center.
See also
* – A WWF match at Kemper Arena, in which a wrestler fell and was transported to TMC, but later died from his injuries
* – More information about the same accident
*
University Health Lakewood Medical Center
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