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The
healthcare needs of all ages are met locally with a regional
hospital, social service agencies, assisted living facilities
and senior housing.
Atchison Hospital is a fully
accredited non profit 96 bed licensed hospital. Atchison Hospital
was founded in 1912 by a group of dedicated local citizens,
and remains locally governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.
Atchison is a full service hospital with an active medical staff
of 22 physicians and more than 50 consulting and specialty doctors.
The hospital offers a full range of care including Obstetrics,
ICU, Inpatient and Outpatient Surgery, 24 hour Emergency Room
and Ambulance Service, Radiology, CT, MRI, Orthopedics, Physical
Therapy, Home Health, Hospice, and a Cardiology Center with
five day / week cardiac care clinic with Board Certified Cardiologists.
Atchison Hospital is the community’s
third largest employer and has career opportunities for people
who are caring, committed, and capable. Team work makes it great
to be a patient at Atchison Hospital, where patients are treated
like family. Atchison Hospital contributes to the community
as an active Chamber member, and via the volunteer work of its
staff, its support of area events and festivals, its support
of Theater Atchison's Arts Programming for children, its annual
fall Open House and its annual Community Health Fair. The hospital
also provides support groups, free educational seminars for
the public, and participates in the yearly local United Way
fund drive.
The community also has a number
of family practitioners, dentists, optometrists and chiropractors
who provide professional and attentive service.
Nursing facilities in Atchison
include the 80-bed Medicalodge and Atchison
Senior Village, which
is owned and operated by Atchison County. Vintage
Park and the
Gran Villas are two assisted-living options.
A number of agencies provide
assistance to individuals with disabilities, substance abuse
treatment, mental health and counseling services and services
for troubled youth.
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