Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus
Larkin Community Hospital is a 247-bed acute care hospital located on a 15-acre campus in Hialeah, Florida. Services include orthopedic surgery, cardiac implants, pacemakers, interventional radiological procedures such as endovascular aneurysm repair of abdominal aortic aneuryisms (AAA). The hospital is also a designated Statutory Teaching hospital and Primary Stroke Center.
History
In 1965, the hospital opened as Palm Springs General Hospital in what was then the rural outskirts of Hialeah in northwest Miami-Dade County, Florida. Due to the rapid influx of Hispanic-Americans, the hospital became largely bilingual in both Spanish and English, as well as Haitian Creole.The former Palm Springs General Hospital underwent several renovations and expansion. In 1995, the intensive care unit was completely renovated, and in 2004, a 24-bed emergency department was built alongside the hospital. Over time, its outpatient services and GI departments were expanded, and a laparoscopic surgery center was opened. In 2013, a cardiac catheterization unit was opened.
In February 2016, Larkin Health System acquired Palm Springs General Hospital. The name was changed to Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus.List of hospitals in Florida