As a regional referral center for central and northwest Nebraska, St. Francis Medical Center is a 205-bed facility and is among the finest in the state. The 485-bed University of Kansas Hospital offers general and specialty services for more than 14,000 inpatients annually. Over 350,000 visits are made to KU Medical Center's outpatient clinics each year. Annually, KU Medical Center's emergency room treats more than 26,000 patients. KU Hospital's inpatient services include hospitalization for illnesses, injuries and surgeries.
Surgeons perform operations that are at the forefront of saving lives.
The first liver transplant in Kansas took place at the KU Medical Center in 1990, and 143 more liver transplant surgeries have been performed since then. Other transplant operations here include kidney, cornea, bone marrow, skin and tissue. The Department of Diagnostic Radiology performs approximately 110,000 radiograph procedures annually. This means that the physician has greater flexibility in his choice of health care services within the Western Plains Complex. He may, for instance, choose between inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures based on the type of surgery and the general physical condition of the patient and he can do so with the assurance of a comprehensive hospital setting at hand.