MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL is Grant County's premier medical provider, with its main hospital located at 441 N. Wabash Avenue in Marion and locations throughout Grant County in Converse, Fairmount, Gas City and Swayzee.

A tax-exempt hospital that features a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient services, MGH operates under the auspices of a 17-member board of directors. With a dedicated, qualified and professional hospital and auxiliary staff of more than 1,300, we are teamed with more than 100 physicians from multiple specialties to meet the healthcare needs of our community.

The mission of MGH is to be the first choice for healthcare services and to promote wellness in our region. Our vision is to expand our delivery of healthcare services by using best practices and by leading a collaborative approach involving physicians, staff, business leaders and our community. We are focused on customer satisfaction, and at MGH we are constantly striving for a 100 percent satisfaction rating.

HOSPITAL AND SERVICES
MGH departments include pediatrics, cardiology (including a congestive heart failure clinic, a cardiovascular lab, and newly expanded state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization lab that also features an electrophysiology lab), critical care (a state-of-the-art 19-bed department with all private rooms) and Family Birthing Center. Other hospital specialty areas are inpatient and outpatient surgery and recovery, emergency and Fast Track non-emergency services, and ambulance department.

Nursing care on the medical and surgical units at MGH is both primary and team nursing, allowing a closer patient/nurse relationship to develop. The care delivered at MGH is with the needs and desires of the patients in mind. MGH does everything it can to accommodate its patients, based on availability and the census of the hospital. Because of this, most rooms at MGH are private.

The hospital’s ancillary service departments include laboratory, a community volunteer blood bank, radiology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, respiratory care, sleep lab, noninvasive vascular lab, lithotripsy and Lifeline (a personal emergency response system).

The MGH radiology department has two state-of-the-art facilities that feature the latest in technology, one located at the hospital and MGH Progressive Medical Imaging is located at 831 N. Theatre drive on the west-side of Marion. The MGH radiology department features full-field digital mammography and the R2 ImageChecker™. MGH Progressive Medical imaging offers patients the highly-developed PET/CT scan which provides faster scan times and high-quality images.

MGH also has PACS (picture archiving communication system) in its radiology department. PACS is an innovative computer technology that provides radiologists with new diagnostic tools. PACS eliminates the need for film, and all images are available via a hard drive on a computer. The images can be adjusted and fine-tuned by the technologists and doctors to produce a better picture, and they give the radiologists better diagnostic capabilities.

Patients benefit by being able to take their images on a CD, with no need to transport a folder of films. Revolutionary in the field of radiology, PACS is MGH’s commitment to the future. It is MGH’s commitment to its patients.

The radiology department is staffed by the physician group Marion General Radiology (MGR). Donald Bruns, M.D., Keith Rockey, M.D., Richard Sanchez, M.D., and John W. Dean, M. D. comprise MGR, and each draw on their varied experience to offer patients complete radiological care.

MGH’s Joint Replacement center gives comprehensive care for total joint replacement patients, and all the patient rooms are private.

MGH has a parish nurse program, Great Beginnings (assistance with prenatal education and referrals for other services to pregnant women who are at risk for problematic pregnancy) and a diabetes management program that is certified by the American Diabetes Association.

A medical services department—featuring offices, a medical library, a conference room, a medical records area, a physicians’ lounge, and a dictation area—is on the east section of the second floor for MGH’s well-trained medical staff, 94 percent of whom are either are board certified or board eligible.

MGH has diagnostic centers in Marion (Kem View), Swayzee (Pence-Davis Medical Center), Fairmount (Fairmount Diagnostics) and Gas City (Gas City Medical Center). MGH also offers physician practices in Swayzee at Pence-Davis Medical Center and in Converse at Drook Medical Center.

MGH’s customer satisfaction program—Raising the Standard—is focused on the patient’s personal experience. With this program, MGH’s patients and customers can be assured that quality care is MGH’s concern.

The Rehabilitation Center of MGH is dedicated to rehabilitating patients from illnesses and injuries and preparing them for their return home. All the rooms are private, and one—the transition room—provides a homelike atmosphere, featuring carpeting, a kitchen and a washer and dryer. Patients receive therapy in a large gym area, and there is an activities room, dining room and occupational therapy as well.

Progressive Cancer Care offers a variety of treatment options in its medical and radiation oncology areas, as well as Reflections, the cancer support group. Medical oncology is accredited by the Commission on Cancer of the College of Surgeons, allowing MGH the distinction of joining an elite group of 25 percent of the cancer programs in the United States with this honor.

The sophistication of these departments, along with experienced physicians and a compassionate staff, brings area residents the ability to receive intense rehabilitation services and quality cancer treatments without having to travel outside their home area.

MGH is accredited by the Health Facilities Accreditation Program.

AMBULATORY CARE CENTER
The Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) /Medical Office Building is a five-story, 132,000-square-foot outpatient facility located on Wabash Avenue across from the hospital and is connected to the parking garage and the hospital via an enclosed sky bridge.

Located on the lower level of the ACC are: cardiac rehabilitation and physical medicine, and radiology outpatient X-ray procedures. The first floor accommodates lab services, an admissions area, the Professional Arts Pharmacy, the congestive heart failure/anticoagulation clinic, the wound clinic and the offices of Work Right, an occupational medicine clinic that specializes in treatment of work-related injuries, follow-up care, drug and alcohol testing, physical exams and medical surveillance.

On the second floor of the ACC houses an ambulatory surgery center that is leased to River View Surgery Center. ACC floors two; three and four contain medical office space for more than 25 physicians.

WHAT’S NEW
In 2006, MGH’s sleep lab doubled in size when it opened two more sleep suites providing the community four sleep suites helping patients with sleep disorders and a variety of diagnostic tests. Performing over 700 sleep studies a year prior to the expansion, MGH anticipates continued expansion in patients receiving care for their sleep disorders.

MGH completed construction of the new Helistop which will allow patients who are being transported to ancillary hospitals to receive care more quickly, gaining approximately 20 minutes in time. The Helistop is located at the southeast corner of Wabash Avenue and Cherry Street and will have four ambulance bays and a bridge to MGH’s third floor which precludes the need for emergency personnel to make an ambulance run to the previous pick-up area.
 
 
 

THE FUTURE
As a part of our commitment to the community to provide quality healthcare services, Marion General Hospital is pleased to introduce Interventional Cardiologist, Hamid Nawaz, M.D, FACC to the medical staff. Marion General Hospital has expanded their cath lab (cardiac catheterization) to meet the needs of community in the area of cardiac care. Dr. Nawaz brings over 14 years experience in interventional, nuclear and clinical cardiology and will be performing cardiac stent insertion and angioplasty.

Marion General Hospital announced that they will be transitioning to no-smoking campuses in June, 2007. As the communities leading healthcare provider, MGH felt it was their duty to set a positive example towards continued and improved health for patients, visitors, employees and the entire community. Marion General Hospital has and will continue to expand their smoking-cessation educational programs support groups to all community members.