LITZENBERG MEMORIAL COUNTY HOSPITAL

Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital is a 20-bed Critical Access Hospital, with a connected 46-bed Long Term Care unit, and 2 Medical Clinics (one in Fullerton), situated in Central City, Nebraska. We have 7 medicinal suppliers on staff, four doctors and three doctor associates, who give uncommon patient care in each of the three settings. We have more than 10 claim to fame doctors that see patients in our office all the time keeping in mind the end goal to give the most exhaustive watch over our patients. As a pioneer in our medicinal group going back to 1936, we are pleased to serve you and we take pride in the customized, sympathetic administration we can offer.

The principal healing facility to meet the medicinal services needs of our range was the Central City Community Hospital which opened in pretty nearly 1936 at the intersection of 17th Avenue and 22nd Street. With a gift from Mr. Heber Hord, the clinic expected another name and another area in 1945 and stood where Litzenberg's helped living office, Merrick Manor, now stands. Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital turned into a reality in 1959, with cash from the Lizzie Litzenberg (presented above) Trust and Hill Burton stores. Mr. M. A. Larson, quite a while Central City businessperson with a genuine craving to see the group develop and grow, actually gave the area for the whole clinic undertaking. At the point when the healing center was assembled, there were 24 intense beds, eight bassinets in the nursery and a conveyance and working room. The office developed again in 1963, with the expansion of seven private rooms, three pediatric beds, and two four-bed wards. Our Long Term Care wing was built in 1975, and is authorized for 46 inhabitant beds, including six private rooms and 20 twofold rooms. Litzenberg was assigned a Critical Access Hospital in June 2000, and, in that capacity, is authorized for 20 beds in intense consideration. Numerous progressions have happened inside the office to meet the requests for changing innovation and gear, and sufficient consideration space. With the premonition of a forceful Board of Trustees and County Board of Supervisors, and the liberality and backing of minding workers and companions of the healing facility, Litzenberg finished a five-year, $1.5 million capital crusade extend that started in 2000. The development comprised of a 4,000 square foot out-patient facility and another primary passageway, alongside office, gathering and organization region remodel and almost 4,000 square feet of required Long Term Care hall, feasting and action space. Additionally included in the crusade undertaking was another 1,800 square foot expansion toward the northwest corner of the office for upkeep space and capacity. In 2004, an emergency vehicle passage, hazardous materials shower, support carport, crisis sitting tight room and extra space for Medical Records were added toward the west side of the clinic. There were additionally remodels to the mammography region and to our outpatient system ranges. Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital advances and gives customized, merciful health awareness administrations for the individuals in Merrick County and the encompassing zone. Quality consideration, alongside on-going enrollment of doctors and expert staff, our foreknowledge and adjustment to changes in meeting current therapeutic needs, and our dedication to the groups we serve, keep on making Litzenberg a pioneer in provincial health awareness in focal Nebraska.