Founded as the Fannie C. Paddock Memorial Hospital, the Tacoma General Hospital has been offering its services to the community of Tacoma since 1882. After several changes in the facilities the hospital became part of a new not-for-profit health care corporation, MultiCare Medical Center, which provides exceptional health services in all its clinics and hospitals.
With 391 licensed beds, a level II Adult Trauma System, 16 operating rooms, 22-bed adult intensive care unit, Level III neonatal intensive care unit and 24-hour emergency services, the Tacoma General Hospital is also a referral center for many medical specialties like Adult Day Health, a program that helps seniors to live as independently as possible in an compassionate environment; Cancer Center, the most comprehensive center in the south Puget Sound region that offers the latest medical advances and the highest level of human compassion in addition with prevention programs, treatments and therapies.
Other services include Diabetes Care, Emergency and Trauma, Facial Plastic Surgery Center, Heart Center, Home Services, Hospice and Palliative Care, Imaging Services, MultiCare Center for Healthy Living, Neurosciences, Orthopedics, Rehabilitation, Sleep Disorders, Surgery Services, likewise, Urgent Care Centers, Vein Therapy, and Women and Newborn Services.
The accreditation from the Joint Commission of Healthcare Organizations, the highest quality in medical services and its wide range in addition with the professionalism and dedication of nurses, physicians and volunteers have made of Tacoma General Hospital the best choice for the residents of Tacoma.