Palmetto General Hospital

Palmetto General Hospital is a medical center in Hialeah, Florida. It offers surgical options that include outpatient and same-day surgery, from complex surgical cases to routine procedures, along with robotic surgery. The Heart Institute at Palmetto General Hospital provides a multi-specialty program devoted to heart and vascular health. The hospital is part of the Advanced Neuroscience Network, a system of medical professionals and hospitals focused on a full continuum of neurological care, and it holds Joint Commission Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center status. Emergency care is backed by the resources of a full-service hospital and bilingual staff. Urological care addresses concerns from incontinence to kidney stones, and the hospital maintains advanced diagnostic technologies and a team of radiologists. Women's services take a personalized approach to the distinct healthcare needs of each stage of life. The Maternity Child Care Center covers prenatal to postpartum care and advanced labor and delivery, with labor and delivery suites, mother and baby suites, surgical suites for cesarean delivery, lactation consultants, pregnancy classes, breastfeeding instruction, and infant safety programs. Neonatologists are available around the clock for babies needing intensive care. The hospital holds a rating of 2.70 based on 52 reviews.

Palmetto General Hospital opened in 1971 with 50 beds and today serves more than 130,000 patients each year. Its designations include Center of Excellence in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery from the Surgical Review Corporation, accreditation as an Adult Bariatric Center through the American College of Surgeons Bariatric Surgery Center Network, and Blue Distinction Center+ status for bariatric surgery from Blue Cross Blue Shield Florida. It is designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology and holds echocardiography accreditation for adult transthoracic testing from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission. The hospital has received American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines stroke awards, including Target Stroke Elite Plus and Target Stroke Advanced Therapy Honor Roll recognition, and a Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll award. Interpreter services, sign language interpreting, and TTY services are provided free of charge to patients who are non-English speaking, deaf or hard-of-hearing, or blind or vision impaired.

The hospital sits on West 20th Avenue, about a tenth of a mile from the Palmetto Expressway and a short distance from West 68th Street. The Social Security Administration office is roughly four tenths of a mile away, as is the City of Hialeah Garden of the Arts, and Palm Lakes Park is about six tenths of a mile from the campus.

Palmetto General Hospital has built a steady record of repeat and referred customers over its decades in Hialeah, and its accredited bariatric, breast imaging, and stroke programs reflect that standing.

Services:

• Cardiology
• Emergency Care
• General Surgery
• Neurology
• Orthopedics & Spine Surgery