Jackson Hospital

Jackson Hospital is a hospital in Montgomery, Alabama, serving patients from the city and the wider Alabama River Region. Licensed for 344 beds, it provides cardiac, cancer, neurosciences, orthopedics, and women's and children's care, along with 24-hour emergency services. It holds a rating of 2.80 based on 398 reviews.

The hospital's history in Central Alabama dates to 1894, when Watkins Infirmary received its first patients at the present location. Jackson Hospital opened under its current name on September 16, 1946, with 37 patient beds and 5 attending physicians. It is a community not-for-profit hospital and conducts routine Community Health Needs Assessments to identify the region's greatest health needs and plan programming with community partners. It participates in Alabama's Trauma System as a designated Level 3 Trauma Center and is accredited by the American College of Surgeons as a Metabolic and Bariatric Center. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama designates it a Tier 1 hospital and has awarded Blue Distinction Center+ designations in Bariatric Surgery, Spine Surgery, and Hip and Knee Replacement. The Department of Health and Human Services awarded it a silver Medal of Honor for organ donation, and it works with the Alabama Organ Center and Donate Life America. It sponsors the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, hosts Walk with a Doc on the fourth Friday of each month at Montgomery Whitewater, and offers JacksonCONNECT for reviewing health history and test results.

The hospital sits on Pine Street in Montgomery, about 0.2 miles from the W. A. Gayle Planetarium and roughly 0.3 miles from Oak Park.

Its long record of service in Montgomery is matched by national designations in bariatric, spine, and joint replacement care, and by a large base of patient reviews built over years of treating the River Region.

Services:

• Cancer Care
• Emergency Care
• Heart Center
• Orthopedics
• Physical Therapy
• Radiology
• Residency Program
• Surgery Center