MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland is a 250-bed, non-profit hospital in Midland, Michigan

Midland, Michigan

Midland is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan in the Tri-Cities region of the state. It is the county seat of Midland County. The city's population was 41,863 as of the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Midland Micropolitan Statistical Area....

. It is a member of the MidMichigan Health System.

History

MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland was designed by architect Alden B. Dow

Alden B. Dow

Alden B. Dow was an American architect; he was the son of Herbert Henry Dow and Grace A. Dow. Dow is known for his prolific architectural design. His personal house in Midland, the Midland Center for the Arts, as well as the current building for the Grace A...

 and constructed amid wartime restrictions in 1943-44. The first fifty years of the hospital's history is chronicled in the book, A Journey of Caring, by Dorthoy Langdon Yates.

Specialties

MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland is a secondary-level acute care hospital.

• The medical center is site of one of the three Gamma Knives in the state of Michigan.
• In August 2007, the medical center began performing open heart surgery
  Cardiac surgery
  Cardiovascular surgery is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease , correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease from various causes including endocarditis, rheumatic heart...
  
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External links

• Official website