Oroville Hospital provides health coverage to the City of Oroville. It is the main
hospital for the city of
Oroville, California
Oroville (''Oro'', Spanish for "Gold" and ''Ville'', French for "town") is the county seat of Butte County, California, United States. The population of the city was 15,506 at the 2010 census, up from 13,004 in the 2000 census. Following the ...
. The building is the City of Oroville in
Butte County. It is also a
Level III trauma care center. The hospital was founded in 1962 and has grown from a modest community hospital supported by a small staff of doctors into a 133-bed acute care facility specializing in a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services, including multiple physician practices. Oroville Hospital is a private, non-profit corporation serving the Oroville area and Butte County by OroHealth Corporation.
Services
Oroville Hospital offers a wide array of inpatient and outpatient services.
Outpatient services include primary care, pediatric care,
dermatology
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,
chiropractic
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, anticoagulation,
orthopedics
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, rehab services,
cardiology
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, women's imaging,
urology
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,
nephrology, women's services, and general
surgery. Oroville hospital's surgical specialist team includes physicians specialized in performing thoracoscopic surgery using video-assistance, also known as VATS, nuro orphus surgery, endoscopic surgery, vascular and endovascular surgery, as well as advanced laparoscopic surgery.
Oroville Hospital's inpatient services include an intensive care unit, extended care unit, same day surgery, and an emergency service department. Oroville Hospital also has a hospitalist program. Hospitalists provide 24-hour services to patients admitted into the hospital. Their main responsibilities include admitting patients, taking care of them while they're in the hospital and then discharging them back to their primary-care doctor.
References
External links
This hospital in the CA Healthcare AtlasA project by OSHPD
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Hospital buildings completed in 1962
Buildings and structures in Butte County, California
Hospitals in California
Hospitals established in 1962
Oroville, California