Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | |
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Covenant Health | |
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Geography | |
Location | Knoxville, Tennessee, United States |
Coordinates | 35°57′22″N83°56′13″W / 35.956°N 83.937°W |
Organization | |
Funding | Non-profit hospital |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 541 |
History | |
Opened | 1920 [1] |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in Tennessee |
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a 541-bed tertiary non-profit hospital in the Fort Sanders neighborhood of Knoxville, Tennessee. It is the flagship hospital of Covenant Health.
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center dates back to May 29, 1919, when a charter for a new hospital on the site of the Civil War Battle of Fort Sanders was granted. The hospital officially opened in 1920, admitting its first patients on February 23. [1] [2] [3] [4]
In 2018, the hospital began a $115 million expansion of the emergency room and critical care unit. The new emergency department was opened in March 2020, and the extension was completed in 2021. [3] [4] [5]
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a Joint Commission certified comprehensive stroke center. [6] The hospital also houses the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, a 22-bed rehabilitation hospital, as well as a transitional care unit skilled nursing facility. [7] [8]
In addition, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville has again received The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association' Heart-Check Mark in conjunction with renewal of the hospital's advanced certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center.