AnMed Health Medical Center
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AnMed Health Medical Center is a 461-bed acute care hospital at 800 N. Fant St. in Anderson, South Carolina
. The Medical Center is the anchor facility for AnMed Health, South Carolina
's largest independent, not-for-profit health system.
Services provided at the Medical Center include open heart surgery, vascular surgery, general surgery, emergency/trauma medicine, a stroke/neurological center, and diagnostic MRI, CT and laboratory medicine. Other facilities located at AnMed Health's medical center campus include Pediatric Therapy Works, a speech, occupational and physical therapy program for children; and Minor Care, a walk-in facility that treats non life-threatening ailments such as influenza, broken bones and minor nosebleeds.
The Anderson County Hospital Association was organized and incorporated in 1906, and fundraising efforts increased under the association’s president, Richard S. Ligon. Anderson County Hospital opened its doors on April 20, 1908, and admitted its first patient a day later.
Anderson, South Carolina
Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. The population was estimated at 26,242 in 2006, and the city was the center of an urbanized area of 70,530...
. The Medical Center is the anchor facility for AnMed Health, South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
's largest independent, not-for-profit health system.
Services provided at the Medical Center include open heart surgery, vascular surgery, general surgery, emergency/trauma medicine, a stroke/neurological center, and diagnostic MRI, CT and laboratory medicine. Other facilities located at AnMed Health's medical center campus include Pediatric Therapy Works, a speech, occupational and physical therapy program for children; and Minor Care, a walk-in facility that treats non life-threatening ailments such as influenza, broken bones and minor nosebleeds.
History
Virginia "Jennie" Gilmer is widely recognized as the founder of the Anderson County Hospital, which later became AnMed Health. In 1903, during the birth of her second child, Gilmer vowed that if she lived she would make sure a hospital was built in Anderson. Gilmer survived the delivery, and in May 1904, she and a small group of women started a fundraising campaign for the hospital.The Anderson County Hospital Association was organized and incorporated in 1906, and fundraising efforts increased under the association’s president, Richard S. Ligon. Anderson County Hospital opened its doors on April 20, 1908, and admitted its first patient a day later.