UPMC Williamsport, formerly UPMC Susquehanna Williamsport or Williamsport Regional Medical Center, is a 24-hr emergency

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of UPMC Susquenhana located in

Williamsport, Pennsylvania Williamsport is a city in, and the county seat of, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It recorded a population of 27,754 at the 2020 Census. It is the principal city of the Williamsport Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a popula ...

. Originally established in 1873 as the Williamsport Hospital, it currently operates at least 224 beds.

History

Originally established in 1873 as the Williamsport Hospital, UPMC Williamsport, formerly Williamsport Regional Medical Center, is a general medical and surgical

in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, operating at least 224 beds. The hospital is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. Services include the Heart & Vascular Institute, the first intensive care unit in Central Pennsylvania,

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, 24-hour emergency department, inpatient services including same day surgery, a family practice residency program, and more. Following several industrial accidents that occurred in the early 1870s, members of the

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Medical Society decided there was a need for a hospital where patients could be fed and cared for in a clean environment. In 1873, upon petition by members of the Lycoming County Medical Society and 23 leading citizens of the community, the Lycoming County Court granted a Charter establishing The Williamsport Hospital. Williamsport Regional Medical Center was part of an alliance of three hospitals that formed Susquehanna Health in 1994. Williamsport Regional Medical Center became part of the UPMC network when Susquehanna Health was integrated into the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) on October 18, 2016.

2017 fire

On July 25, 2017, the Williamsport Fire Department responded to a reported fire at the hospital. When they arrived, it was revealed that a patient at the hospital had set herself on fire with a

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. Three hospital employees entered the room to put the woman out; two of them were injured. The woman, who was known to have mental health problems was sent to the burn unit in critical condition. The damage was confined into the patient's room only. After about 10 minutes the evacuation was lifted and the hospital reopened. Three days later the women died from her injuries.

Services

The hospital provides a variety of specialties to both adults and children. *

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*Emergency (38 rooms including:) **4 behavioral health rooms **An orthopedic room **An ear, nose, and throat room ***Has an exam chair rather than a bed **2 sexual assault specialty rooms ***Has private doors, bathroom & shower, and are seen by SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners) nurses **2 critical care rooms ***Has an adjacent X-ray & CT scan department *

Family Medicine Family medicine is a medical specialty within primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. The specialist, who is usually a primary ...

Residency Program *

Gastroenterology Gastroenterology (from the Greek gastḗr- “belly”, -énteron “intestine”, and -logía "study of") is the branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders. The digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract ...

* General Surgery *Gynecologic Oncology * Heart & Vascular Institute * Imaging Services *Infectious Disease * Internal Medicine *Inpatient Rehabilitation * Laboratory Services *

Neurology Neurology (from el, wikt:νεῦρον, νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix wikt:-logia, -logia, "study of") is the branch of specialty (medicine), medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of co ...

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OB/GYN Obstetrics and Gynaecology (also spelled as Obstetrics and Gynecology; abbreviated as Obs and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and t ...

* Orthopedics *Labor & Delivery *

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(Birth through age 21) * Pharmacy *

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*Rehabilitation Services *

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Center * Robotic Surgery * Spine Care * Surgery Center * The Birthplace (Maternity) **Including a Level II nursery * Urology

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History

2017 fire

Services

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