Doctors Hospital of Laredo

Care system Public Helipad Yes Number of beds 180		Hospital type Community Phone +1 956-523-2000 Founded 1974
Location 10700 McPherson Rd, Laredo, Texas, USA Website http://www.doctorshosplaredo.com/ Address 10700 McPherson Rd, Laredo, TX 78045, USA Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hours Profiles Facebook Twitter

Doctors Hospital of Laredo for-profit hospital is owned and operated by Universal Health Services. There are 164 physicians on the medical staff with the hospital, 80 of whom are active staff. Has a Level III Trauma Center and a Level III NICU, as well as a wide-array of medical services. Doctors Hospital of Laredo is located at 10700 McPherson Rd. in Laredo, Texas, United States.

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History
Services
Heliport
Awards and accolades
References

Doctors Hospital operates five satellite clinics around strategic areas of the community. The five locations include Doctors Hospital Health Center (north central), South Laredo Diagnostic Center (south), Providence Health Center (North West), Nueva Vida Maternity Clinic (central heights) and Mines Road Family Clinic (North West). These five centers offer a variety of services accessible and convenient for patients. An additional MRI (Calton MRI) site is available to serve patients in central Laredo and a new freestanding emergency department located in South Laredo is under construction and scheduled to open in spring 2015.

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History

Doctors Hospital was founded in 1974 by Dr. Harold "Pat" Yeary, a local dentist, and a group of partners who recruited a group of physicians to come Laredo, Texas and build a state of the art hospital. The original name was Laredo Health Center. The hospital has had seven previous owners: Physician owners, Medenco, Lifemark, AMI, EPIC, Columbia, Triad and UHS became its eighth owner in June 1999. The hospital opened in its new replacement facility on August 18, 2001. Located on the north section of the city, Doctors Hospital is surrounded by growing residential and commercial developments, schools, a university, industrial parks, governmental agencies, and entertainment centers - the Laredo Energy Arena and the Uni-Trade Stadium.

Services

Emergency Department and Fast Track staffed with Emergency Medicine-trained physicians and Registered Nurses certified in ACLS and PALS.

Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI

Accredited Primary Stroke Center

Therapeutic hypothermia Certified Medical Center

Women's Center with Level III NICU

ICU

Computed Tomography

MRI

Nuclear Medicine

Respiratory Therapy

Endoscopy

Cardiology

Radiology

Orthopedic surgery

Bariatric surgery

Heliport

A helipad is available for emergency air ambulance service.

Awards and accolades

Accredited by American College of Surgeons – Commission on Cancer

Laredo Morning Times 2013 and 2014 Reader’s Choice Award voted Best Hospital

Laredo Chamber of Commerce 2013 Customer Service Award in the Wellness and Medical category

Certified by The Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center

Accredited Chest Pain Center

Accreditation from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association for success in using "Get with the Guidelines" program to improve quality of care for heart disease and stroke patients

Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

References

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