page_title: Laredo metropolitan area
section_title: Health care
hierarchical_section_title: Laredo metropolitan area / Infrastructure / Health care
caption_attribution_description: Laredo Medical Center (Spanish Architecture)
context_page_description: The metropolitan area is the 178th-largest United States metropolitan area and covers all of Webb county, with a population of 250,304. It is also a part of the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area with an estimate population of 636,516.
context_section_description: In addition to the University of Texas Health Science Center branch, there are five other principal medical centers in Laredo: the Laredo Medical Center, Doctor's Hospital, Gateway Community Health Center, Providence Surgical & Medical Center, and the Laredo Specialty Hospital.
  Doctors Hospital is the second-largest medical center in Laredo. The hospital complex is over 250,000 square feet (23,000 m²), with 180 licensed beds on a 58-acre (23 ha) campus.  Affiliated with Universal Health Services, it is located on Loop 20 in north Laredo.  The Doctors Regional Cancer Treatment Center offers comprehensive cancer services.
  The Providence Surgical & Medical Center is an ambulatory health care center located in north-central Laredo and also owned by Universal Health Services.
  The Gateway Community Health Center is the third-largest medical center in Laredo. The health center's main building is 64,000 square feet (5,900 m²). The Medical center moved to its new $11,000,000 building in 2006. The main Gateway Community Health Center is located in East Laredo, close to U.S. Highway 59. It also has three branches in the Laredo area: the South Clinic, El Cenizo Community Center, and Quad City Community Center.
  
  Gateway Community Health Center services include:
  The Laredo Specialty Hospital is the fourth-largest medical center in Laredo. It is owned by Ernest Health Inc. and was founded by Elmo Lopez, Jr., on May 22, 2006, and admitted its first patient within hours of operation. The grand opening was held in March 2007.
caption: Laredo Medical Center, formerly Mercy Hospital, is the largest hospital in Laredo.
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