Cutting-Edge Medicine Delivered With Personalized Care

Specialized technology

The old saying, “You have it all when you have your health,” has a special ring of truth for Peninsula residents. From births to broken bones, from care for accidents to serious illnesses, Peninsula residents can have it all at area health centers.

Medical tools, procedures, drugs and diagnostics have made quantum leaps over the past 40 years, giving our citizens who need basic care or specialized trauma services, cutting-edge medicine in supportive environments.

All of the latest tools, such as mammography, magnetic resonant imaging (MRI) and specialized oncology and litho-tripter services, are in place at our six area hospitals or are available through shared programs.

With these medical advancements and expansions, all Peninsula health care facilities are developing new and innovative ways of providing care, while keeping a vigilant eye on costs.

As the Peninsula’s flagship medical provider, Riverside Health System offers acute, long term, mental health, ambulatory, rehabilitative, preventive and home health services. Beyond its main hospital in mid-town Newport News, Riverside ha s built an extensive system of service facilities throughout the Peninsula: a satellite hospital in Gloucester, three convalescent and health and fitness centers, and specialty centers for day surgery, walk-in care, hearing, women and mental health.

Sentara CarePlex Hospital is one of six hospitals that comprise a comprehensive health care system throughout Hampton Roads. This network of care includes: Sentara Norfolk General (a tertiary hospital), four other community hospitals, numerous urgent care centers, health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and insurance products, a mental health management company, outpatient diagnostic centers, nursing homes, and over 3,000 world-class physicians. Each service is bound by the Sentara name and purpose to provide innovative quality and health care for a lifetime.

On November 1, 1996, through a joint venture arragement, Mary Immaculate Hospital became a member of the Bon Secours Health System, Inc., a not-for-profit,

Catholic health healthcare system that employs over 4,500 people.

High touch meets high tech in September 2003 when the hospital opens its 42,000 square foot Surgical Pavilion. The Pavilion will be a technologically advanced surgical pavillion equipped with “Digital Operating Rooms.” The “Digital Operating Room” will be equipped with a HERMES Control Center that enables surgeons to use voice activation to control surgical equipment such as cameras, lights, tables , etc. The OR will also include an Image Management System that provides high quality, digital images in real-time.

In addition to the hospital and Surgical Pavilion, the Mary Immaculate medical campus includes a Medical Pavilion, the Denbigh Medical Center, the Community Education and Health Resource Center, Par Course Fitness Trail and 115-bed St. Francis Nursing Center.

For specialized needs, such as acute care for children, serious trauma or burns, Peninsula citizens can go southeast or northwest. Eastern Virginia Medical School, just a 30- to 60- minute drive southeast to Norfolk, contains the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, the only hospital in southeastern Virginia devoted exclusively to children. For the most critically injured victims throughout the Peninsula, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital features a Level I trauma center and Nightingale helicopter service. Medical College of Virginia in Richmond is just a 90-minute drive northwest.

Where high tech meets high touch

Mary Immaculate Hospital has long been known for our compassionate care. Now we’re raising the bar by adding a state-of-the-art surgical pavilion equipped with “Digital Operating Rooms,” including a voice activated HERMES Control Center. Mary Immaculate is looking to the future, providing quality care coupled with a technologically advanced facility.

The following list has brief descriptions of health centers and services in the Peninsula.

Langley Air Force Base Hospital

Langley AFB 764-6833

This 50-bed facility offers comprehensive care exclusively to military personnel, their dependents and retirees.

Mary Immaculate Hospital

2 Bernardine Drive

Newport News 886-6000

Mary Immaculate Hospital is a 100-bed facility located in the Denbigh section of Newport News. For the past 50 years, the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters at Mary Immaculate have successfully carried out their mission to treat the whole person, mind, body and spirit. The hospital is well known for its Women’s Services such as The Birthplace, which offers each woman a unique birthing experience. Other key specialities include a Heart Center, Orthopedics and Surgical Services.

Throughout its history, Mary Immaculate Hospital has maintained a strong committment to meeting the needs of patients on the Peninsula by continuously expanding it’s breadth of service and its numerous community outreach programs.

McDonald Army Community Hospital

Fort Eustis 314-7500

This 45-bed facility offers comprehensive care exclusively to military personnel, their dependents and retirees.

Riverside Regional Medical Center

500 J. Clyde Morris Blvd.

Newport News 594-2000

325 outstanding physicians in 33 specialties practice at Riverside Regional Medical Center. Specialties include the Oncology Intensive Care Unit, Cancer Treatment Center, Heart Center, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Center, and an “Express Care” unit for minor emergencies.

Riverside Rehabilitation Institute

245 Chesapeake Avenue

Newport News 928-8000

Riverside Health System: This 75-bed facility offers long-term physical rehabilitation by a multi-disciplinary team for victims of stroke, head/spinal chord injuries, trauma and other illnesses. Helps patients make full use of their abilities so they can return home with the highest possible level of independence.

Riverside Walter Reed Hospital

(Riverside Health System)

Route 17

Gloucester (804) 693-8800

With state-of-the-art technology and a highly professional, caring staff, the 71 bed hospital provides a wide range of services.

Sentara Bayside Hospital

800 Independence Boulevard

Virginia Beach 363-6100

A 158-bed primary care facility specializing in outpatient diagnostic and surgical services, the hospital is home to a contemporary care environment for general medical, surgical and ambulatory services. The hospital features a 44,000 square foot wing that houses all outpatient services, an expanded emergency room, additional surgical suites and a critical care unit.

Sentara CarePlex Hospital

3000 Coliseum Drive

Hampton 736-1000

This new 194-bed hospital revolutionizes health care on the Peninsula. Within these glass walls is some of the most advanced medical technology available anywhere. A fiberoptic

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