Baldwin County Healthcare

Baldwin County is home to three hospitals, a hospice facility, and a premier lifestyle health center.

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The hospital just completed a $25 million project that included a new emergency department, new patient rooms, expanded support services and parking accommodations. 

Heart Center

Offers a seven-bed surgical ICU, two cardiac catheterization labs and rehabilitation program. More than 45 cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons are on staff at Thomas Hospital.

 

Cancer Center

Offers radiation therapy and oncology services.  Diagnostics include mammography, stereo tactic breast biopsy, x-ray and surgical services.

An 80,000 square foot outpatient surgery and diagnostic facility that offers CT scan, x-ray, mammography, ultrasound, bone density tests, EKG, stress tests, lab and open MRI.  The facility also has physician offices and a community education center.  Surgeries performed at Thomas Medical Center range from orthopedic surgery and plastic surgery to cataract surgery and gynecological surgery.

This membership based health and fitness center, which is located in the Thomas Hospital Wellness Center, offers adult fitness programs, personal training, a pool/whirlpool, and special aquatic exercise programs.

Pediatric and adult physical, occupational and speech therapies, home health therapies, and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation.

The hospital is also opening the Alabama Gulf Coast Imaging Center in Gulf Shores which will feature an open MRI unit, as well as, provide mammography services, diagnostic x-rays and bone density scans.

North Baldwin Infirmary

The 55-bed Infirmary is composed of the main hospital, Oakwood Nursing Home, and the North Baldwin Wellness Center.  The hospital has 17 physicians specializing in eight areas of medicine including radiology, emergency, family and internal medicine, surgery, physical therapy, OB/GYN, pediatrics and critical care.

31,000 square foot facility which has an indoor track, racquetball courts, indoor pool and whirlpool, and weights.  A cardiovascular rehabilitation center will be added in the future.

Oakwood is a skilled nursing facility that does long-term nursing home placement and short-term rehab.  Oakwood specializes in Alzheimer’s and dementia.

The expansion will encompass a new 90,000 square foot, three-story building, renovations to the current hospital and purchasing additional equipment.  The new building will house a new radiology department, three surgical suites, ICU, labor and delivery suites and 25 patient rooms.

Mercy Medical

The 162-bed facility in Daphne offers hospice care, assistant living and rehabilitation.  Mercy Medical recently opened the John McClure Snook Regional Center, an Alzheimer’s facility.  The Center provides services for dementia patients.