Healthcare

According to the Tennessee Department of Health (6/21), Knox County is home to seven hospitals and more than 2,500 beds. The hospitals are Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (Downtown Knoxville), North Knoxville Medical Center (Powell), Select Specialty Hospital North – North Knoxville (Powell), Parkwest Medical Center (West Knoxville), Turkey Creek Medical Center (Farragut), University of Tennessee Medical Center (Downtown Knoxville), and East Tennessee Children’s Hospital (Downtown Knoxville).

An additional 788 hospital beds are available to the region at hospitals in the contiguous counties. Those hospitals include: Ft Loudoun Medical Center (Lenoir City, TN), Blount Memorial Hospital (Maryville, TN), Le Conte Medical Center (Sevierville, TN), Methodist Medical Center (Oak Ridge, TN), and Roane Medical Center (Harriman, TN).

Turkey Creek Medical Center

Conveniently located on Parkside Drive in the heart of Farragut, Tennova Healthcare’s Turkey Creek Medical Center offers a wide range of healthcare services. The hospital features 24/7 emergency services, an intensive care unit, advanced surgical suites, cancer care, bariatric weight loss surgery, cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, 3D mammography and much more. The hospital offers private patient rooms, dining on request and free parking.

Turkey Creek Medical Center is also a Provisional Level III Trauma Center with an emergency department that has special certifications in stroke and cardiovascular care. Level III Trauma Center designation means that the trauma team has the training and resources to treat serious injuries within minutes of the patient’s arrival 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

It’s also comforting to know that our hometown hospital is one of the best places to seek help for a heart attack or stroke. Turkey Creek Medical Center is an American College of Cardiology/Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care - Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) and an Acute Stroke Ready hospital.

Additionally, Tennova Medical Group offers convenient locations across the region with access to more than 140 providers representing a variety of specialties, including family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, cardiology, gastroenterology, general surgery, bariatric surgery, neurology, occupational medicine, podiatry and pulmonology.

Learn more at TennovaTurkeyCreek.com.

Parkwest Medical Center/ Covenant Health

Parkwest Medical Center, a member of Knoxville-based Covenant Health, “is West Knoxville’s premier medical facility,” a company press release stated. Parkwest recently was named a Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital by Fortune.com/IBM Watson Health, and was the only Tennessee hospital awarded this recognition. “In addition to providing the area’s leading cardiac services, Parkwest offers outstanding care throughout the facility including orthopedic and surgical services, labor & delivery, therapy services, imaging services, endoscopy, neurodiagnostics and sleep medicine, critical care, emergency care and cancer services accredited by the Commission on Cancer,” the release further stated.

“Parkwest is also designated as an advanced primary stroke center by The Joint Commission. Parkwest offers behavioral health services to the community through Peninsula Hospital and outpatient programs. Parkwest and Peninsula are committed to putting our patients first.”

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