University Hospital
The flagship hospital of MU Health Care, University Hospital, is a 307-bed facility located in Columbia, Missouri. The hospital's physicians and staff cared for 19,096 hospital patients Fiscal Year 2009. The Frank L. Mitchell Jr., MD Trauma Center located within the hospital is the only American College of Surgeons (ACS) certified Level I trauma center in Mid-Missouri and one of three in the state. University Hospital is a nationally accredited Cycle II Chest Pain Center and a nationally accredited Primary Stroke Center. It has a seven story ICU tower comprising surgical, medical-neurological and cardiac intensive care units, as well as the George D. Peak Memorial Burn and Wound Center, the only burn ICU in Mid-Missouri. University Hospital also contains the region’s only cochlear implant center, a diabetes center, an ophthalmology institute (the Mason Eye Institute), a sleep disorders center, an endoscopy center, endo-suites dedicated to minimally invasive surgery and a SameDay Surgery Center that offers hundreds of different procedures in its fully equipped operating rooms.
A six-story patient care tower is currently under construction and is expected to house Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, room for up to 12 additional operating rooms and 51 pre-and post-operation recovery rooms, and 90 private patient rooms. The facility is expected to be complete by 2013.
University of Missouri Health Care also operates an ambulance service from bases strategically located around Boone County. The ambulance service is the exclusive provider for all concerts and other events in Mizzou Sports Arena and Faurot Field, including all MU football games. Together, with Boone Hospital ambulances, they provide 24 hour coverage to Columbia, Ashland, Centralia, Hallsville and the other towns in Boone County. Additionally, the Staff for Life helicopter service, a partnership between Air Methods and University of Missouri Health, operates helicopters based in Columbia, Osage Beach, Mo., and LaMonte, Mo.
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