Menorah Medical Center is an

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located in

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at 5721 West 119th Street. It is part of the HCA Midwest Division.

History

The Jewish Memorial Hospital Association was established in 1926 by the Jewish community of the Kansas City area with the goal of establishing a Jewish community hospital with a

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kitchen in

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. On September 7, 1931, the association opened Menorah Hospital (also known as Jewish Memorial Hospital) as a 158-bed hospital at 4949 Rockhill Road, across from the campus of the

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. The hospital changed its name to Menorah Medical Center in 1951 and merged with Health Midwest in 1993-1994. In 1996, the hospital moved to Overland Park, with the Stowers Institute acquiring the hospital's former site. The hospital was acquired by

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in 2003 as part of their purchase of Health Midwest.

Facilities

The campus includes a doctors' building and outpatient clinics. The services that it feature includes

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, medical-surgical,

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, and extensive

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care.

References

External links

Menorah Medical Center Official Website
Hospitals in Kansas Buildings and structures in Overland Park, Kansas HCA Healthcare Hospital buildings completed in 1931 1931 establishments in Kansas {{Kansas-hospital-stub