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There are plenty of reasons to live in the Heartland, and quality healthcare service ranks right at the top. Whether you're young or old, you won't have to go far to find whatever kinds of care or treatment you'll need to stay healthy.
A wide range of top medical professionals, providing services from several conveniently located offices in the area, give local residents access to some of the finest medical care available anywhere. Additionally, there are well equipped, centrally located hospitals available to provide timely care to everyone who needs it.
Closest to Fort Knox is Hardin Memorial Hospital (HMH,) with beds for up to 300 patients. Serving Hardin and the surrounding counties, this top-rated facility treats more than 45,000 people a year in its emergency department; more than 1,500 babies are born and 11,000 patients are admitted annually. Additionally, HMH operates the recently expanded CareFirst Urgent Care Center in Radcliff.
Flaget Memorial Hospital in nearby Bardstown, according to "The Solucient "100 Top Hospitals National Benchmark for Success 2005," this facility ranks among the top 100 hospitals in the nation. With 52 beds, Flaget Memorial offers a wide range of medical and surgical services to residents of Nelson and adjacent counties.
In Breckenridge County, Breckinridge Memorial Hospital provides general medical and surgical care, Orthopedics and emergency services to the residents of Breckenridge County. The hospital also serves parts of Meade, Ohio, Grayson, Hancock and Hardin counties.
With an active Medical Staff of 30 representing 11 specialties, the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Lietchfield, has been providing quality medical care to the residents of Grayson County and beyond, since 1951. Well staffed, conveniently located and offering a full range of state-of-the-art services, this facility gives the residents of this largely rural area first rate health care.
To meet the health care needs of Bullitt County and the surrounding communities, Louisville based, Jewish Hospital and St. Mary's Healthcare built Jewish Hospital Medical Center South. Doors opened in May of 2006. The campus includes two buildings, the medical center and a medical office building. As a comprehensive outpatient and primary care center, the complex provides 24-hour emergency care, diagnostic imaging including MRI scanning and CT, outpatient surgical services, endoscopy, primary care services, mammography and bone densitometry.
Jewish Hospital has been committed to providing quality health care to the area since the Bullitt County Medical Center in Tanyard Springs was established in 1998.
Louisville boasts some of the finest medical facilities anywhere. In fact, Jewish Hospital was named one of the nation's "50 Best Hospitals" in the areas of orthopedic and heart-surgery care by U.S. News & World Report. A nationwide study has ranked Baptist Hospital East in Louisville, among the top 100 hospitals in the nation. The University of Louisville's Brown Cancer Center houses a $2.9 million TomoTherapy Hi-Art System, one of fewer than ten centers in the nation to offer this revolutionary cancer treatment. Norton Healthcare System operates excellent several hospitals and medical facilities in and around Louisville, including the highly regarded Kosair Children's Hospital, which is dedicated exclusively to caring for children.
As you can see, the region provides the kind of medical services usually associated with large metropolitan areas, services that are vital to all of us. Plus, our local medical care providers are always working to establish new and improved services. Through continued community support, physician and employee expertise, and dedicated government leadership, the Heartland truly brings the best that 21st Century medicine has to offer.
