San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center (SLVRMC) is an
acute care
Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery.Alberta Health ServicesAcute care.Acces ...
hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...
located in the
San Luis Valley
The San Luis Valley is a region in south-central Colorado with a small portion overlapping into New Mexico. The valley is approximately long and wide, extending from the Continental Divide on the northwest rim into New Mexico on the south. It co ...
in
Alamosa,
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
. It serves southern Colorado and northern
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
.
The hospital has 49 licensed beds and is a Level III trauma center.
The hospital houses a 1.5
tesla MRI unit, a 16 slice CT scanner, and the only
intensive-care unit in the
San Luis Valley
The San Luis Valley is a region in south-central Colorado with a small portion overlapping into New Mexico. The valley is approximately long and wide, extending from the Continental Divide on the northwest rim into New Mexico on the south. It co ...
. SLVRMC owns the Physician Services Specialty Clinic in Alamosa and provides the only specialty physicians who serve the Valley population.
The hospital is one of two hospitals (and several regional clinics) that make up San Luis Valley Health (SLV Health), a small
hospital network
A hospital network is a public, non-profit or for-profit company or organization that provides two or more hospitals and other broad healthcare facilities and services. A hospital network may include hospitals in one or more regions within one o ...
. The other hospital is
Conejos County Hospital in
La Jara. SLV Health was founded in 2013.
References
External links
Official website
Hospitals in Colorado
Buildings and structures in Alamosa County, Colorado
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