Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio Military Medical Center (BAMC - SAMMC) at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas is part of the United States Army Medical Command. It is a University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and USUHS teaching hospital and contains the Army Burn Center.
The hospital today is a 450-bed Joint Commission-accredited facility, expandable to 653 beds in the event of a disaster. Services include general medical and surgical care, adult and pediatric primary care clinics, 24-hour Emergency department, specialty clinics, clinical services, wellness and prevention services, veterinary care, and environmental health services.
BAMC is a Level I trauma center, the only one in the MEDCOM, and is part of the Southern Regional Medical Command.
The Brooke Army Medical Center was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 30, 2001.
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