Life in Lubbock 2006

Lubbock Chamber of Commerce


Medical Facilities
Covenant Health System and its partners will open a new 56-bed long-term care acute hospital in January, as seen here in this artist's rendering. The hospital is under construction at 3815 20th St. The $15 million, four-story project represents one of several hospital-physician partnerships.
Provided by Covenant Health System

Highland Medical Center

Address: 2412 50th St.

Phone: 788-4100. Patient information, 788-4100

Beds: 123 .

Owner: Community Health Systems, Inc.

Available Services: General medicine; general medical surgery, including podiatry and urology; emergency room; orthopedics; comprehensive laboratory and radiology services, including MRI; Highland Cardio Diagnostic Center; The Baby Place, which includes women's health unit; Childbirth Network, which includes pregnancy testing and referral services; Senior Circle, benefits for people aged 50 and above; West Texas Digestive Diseases Center; occupational rehabilitation services.

Covenant Health System

Covenant Medical Center: 3615 19th St.; 725-1011; patient information:,725-1011.

Covenant Medical Center-Lakeside: 4000 24th St.; 725-6000; patient information, 725-6000.

Covenant Children's Hospital: 3610 21st St., 725-1011; patient information, 725-1011.

Beds: 1,346 .

Owner: St. Joseph Health System

Available Services: Covenant Heart Institute; Joe Arrington Cancer Research and Treatment Center; Arrington Comprehensive Breast Center; Owens-White Outpatient Rehabilitation Center; Covenant Outpatient Diabetes Education Center; mental health services; Covenant Home Health Services; Mobile Mamography and Dentistry; Covenant Community Outreach; Covenant School of Nursing; Covenant School of Radiology; Covenant Endoscopy Center; Knipling Education/Conference Center; LifeStyle Centre; Covenant SurgiCenter; Covenant Diagnostic Imaging; AeroCare; Trauma Care; Orthopedic Center, Covenant Occupational Medicine Services; First Impressions Maternity Program; Kidney Transplant Program; Pediatric Specialty Clinics; Pediatric Emergency Center; Level II Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center; Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Program; neurosurgery; Electron Beam Tomography; PET Scanner Services; Chest Pain Center; Covenant Heart Institute Heart Services for Women; women's health services; pre-registration Services for surgeries; and HealthTraxx.

Covenant Neighborhood Primary Care Clinics

Covenant Family Healthcare Center: 6502 Slide Road, 725-9900.

Covenant Family Healthcare Center: 416 Frankford Ave., 725-5480.

Covenant HealthPlus Clinic:7601 Quaker Ave., 725-9444.

Northstar Surgical Center

Location: 4640 N. Loop 289.

Phone: 761-4880. Patient information, 761-4880.

Available services: Outpatient surgery center. Six operating rooms; two gastrointestinal operating rooms; pain management treatment; four beds available for 23-hour observation.

Sunrise Canyon Hospital

Location: 1950 Aspen Ave.

Phone: 740-1400. Patient information, intake, assessment and referral, 740-1414.

Beds: 30.

Administered by: Lubbock MHMR

Available services: Psychiatric facility for acute care crisis stabilization; adult in-patient treatment facility; psychiatric evaluation, rehabilitation services; comprehensive discharge planning for people with mental illness or serious psychiatric crisis.

Among the many medical facilities available in Lubbock, is the Burn Unit at University Medical Center. Nick Saltzman, RN, BSN, prepares the bathing room.
Jim Watkins / Staff

University Medical Center

Location: 602 Indiana Ave.

Phone: 775-8200. Patient information, 775-8211

Beds: 430; Level-1 Trauma Center

Administered by: Lubbock County Hospital District Board of Managers.

Available Services: Southwest Cancer Treatment and Research Center; Dimensions: The Center for Women's Health and Breast Center; Seniors Are Special; Lubbock EMS; Timothy J. Harnar Burn Center; Grand Beginnings Maternity Services; Institute for Pain Management; Digestive Disease Center; University Vascular Lab; Asthma and Allergy Center of the Southwest; The UMC Children's Hospital, which includes Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Extracorporeal Membrane Unit and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Unit; Transplant services: kidney, bone marrow and corneal; McInturff Conference Center; HealthPoint Wellness Center; Skin Retrieval services; UMC Home Health; UMC Home Medical; UMC Physical Therapy at NorthStar Surgical Center; UMC Southwest Rehabilitation Center; and Rehabilitation Unit: UMC Brain and Spine Center; and UMC Center for Perinatal Services.

Neighborhood Primary Care Clinics

Freedom Square Community Health Center: 1301 50th St., Ste. 8, 762-3597.

Shallowater Community Health Center: 600 Eighth St., Shallowater, 832-4566.

Cogdell Clinic: 901 Crockett, Floydada, 983-2875.

Idalou Community Health Center: 113 Walnut St., Idalou, 892-2537.

Wolfforth Community Health Center: 502 E. U.S. 62/82, Wolfforth, 866-0158.

Slaton Primary Medical Clinic: 130 N. Seventh St., Slaton, 828-5822.

LakeRidge Primary Health Center: 5130 82nd St., 794-9378.

Urgent Care Center at KingsPark: 7501 Quaker Ave., 788-3306.

Garza County Health Clinic: 608 W. Sixth St., Post, 495-2843.

Health Related

UMC Healthsource: 761-0885. Preventive medicine services; health screenings, health education programs, weight loss programs, smoking cessation programs.

Southwest Regional Medical Complex

Location: 1409 Ninth Street.

Phone: 767-9133. Patient information: 767-9133

Beds: 30 in hospital, 58 in the skilled nursing area.

Owner: TransHealth Inc.

Available Services: Speciality hospital and skilled nursing center. Long-term acute care; skilled nursing facility; cardio-pulmonary services; physical therapy; occupational therapy, speech therapy; comprehensive laboratory and radiology services.

Lubbock Heart Hospital

Location: 4810 N. Loop 289.

Phone: 687-7777. Patient information, 687-7777

Beds: 74.

Owners: Heart Hospitals of America and local investors.

Available services: General medicine; four surgical suites; electro-physiology services; heart and peripheral vascular services; percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; pharmacy; clinical laboratory services; respiratory care; radiology; coronary critical care unit; emergency room; catheterization lab; congestive heart failure clinic and emergency room.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Garrison Institute on Aging

Location: Texas Tech Medical Center Southwest. 6630 S. Quaker Avenue, Suite E