Rogue Valley Medical Center, or RVMC, is a regional medical center located in Medford

Medford, Oregon

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, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States. It was founded in 1958, and currently has 378 beds. It is one of two hospitals in Medford, the other being Providence Medford Medical Center. The hospital serves nine counties in Southern Oregon

Southern Oregon

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, with patients coming from over 200 miles (321.9 km) away, and is part of the Asante Health System.

History

In the 1950s, the Medford community raised $1.9 million for a new hospital.
On May 1, 1958, the Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital was built for $2.8 million.
It had 80 beds and occupied 73628 ft2. It was later renamed Rogue Valley Medical Center.

The East Wing was added in 1960 for $1.7 million, funded by the Hill–Burton Act, bringing the total number of beds to 160.
Nearly $200,000 more was granted by the act in 1965 for a new diagnostic and treatment center.
A child dental clinic

Dentistry

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, intensive care, coronary

Coronary circulation

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, and cancer

Cancer

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 unit were also added in the 1960s.

In the 1970s, a cardiovascular

Circulatory system

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 lab, linear particle accelerator

Linear particle accelerator

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, open heart surgery

Cardiac surgery

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 unit, and a pediatrics

Pediatrics

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 building were added. A child development

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 center opened in the 1980s, along with a digital angiography, Magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic resonance imaging

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 (MRI), and an alcohol treatment

Drug rehabilitation

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 center.

The new addition on the north side was completed in the 1990s. A library was also built. By 1998, the hospital had grown to 305 beds and 506000 ft2.

A major renovation was completed in 2005. It included adding a 210225 ft2 four-story parking garage

Multi-storey car park

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, expanding the emergency department by 67500 ft2, the diagnostic center by 32200 ft2, and the surgical center by 27500 ft2. A 98000 ft2 six-story inpatient bed tower was also added, including 112 new rooms.