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Great Plains Regional Medical Center is a 116-bed hospital with 68 physicians on its active medical staff. The hospital serves a 20-county service region made up of 110,000 people. The lab is a reference lab for nearly 25 other hospitals and clinics and is staffed with five pathologists. Diagnostic imaging, staffed with 5 radiologists, includes CT, fixed MRI, PET imaging, nuclear medicine and angiography. The ER is staffed 24-7 with emergency-trained physicians and emergency air transport is available.
 Other services include cardiopulmonary, cancer services, women’s services, inpatient and outpatient behavioral health, pulmonary rehab and complete surgical services.
A recently completed $23 million expansion project added 62,000 square feet to the facility. New areas include surgery, same day and post anesthesia care as well as emergency and central sterile. A new cardiac cath lab is a joint venture between the hospital and the Nebraska Heart Institute.
The hospital serves as a training facility for numerous medical students, nursing students and medical and radiology technologists. Physicians on staff have the opportunity to assist in training residents who are in the Rural Training Track Family Practice Residency Program that is affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Residents complete their PGY2 and 3 in North Platte.
Community Highlights:
North Platte is a community of 25,000 and serves as a regional hub for services and retail. It is located on Interstate 80 in west central Nebraska, 250 miles east of Denver, CO and 280 miles west of Omaha, NE. A regional airport provides commercial flights daily to and from Denver.
The area continues to enjoy and upward trend in its economy. The town has a progressive attitude with a friendly, family-oriented warmth to it. The public and private schools are excellent and there are many opportunities for youth. Mid Plains Community College provides many opportunities in academics as well as CME offerings through distance learning.
Area lakes provide an abundance of outdoor recreation and the area is known for its premier hunting and fishing. The city has numerous parks, three 18-hole golf courses and a recreation center that includes an Olympic-sized pool. The North Platte Community Playhouse offers plays and musicals, a concert series and a speaker’s series of nationally known artists and speakers. The community celebrates the state’s western heritage annually with NEBRASKA land Days, which is 10 days of parades, rodeos, concerts and much more.
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