Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital

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Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital
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Region Columbia, Boone County
State Missouri
Country United States
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The Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital is a Veterans Administration (VA) hospital located in Columbia, Missouri. It is affiliated with the University of Missouri School of Medicine and provides a range of medical services including primary care, surgical, mental health, medical, geriatric, rehabilitative, and hospice services. The hospital serves more than 38,000 veterans as inpatients and 314,000 veterans as outpatients, covering a total of 43 counties in Missouri and Illinois. It is part of the VA Heartland Network and is operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The hospital has 123 beds and was founded in 1972.

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The construction of Truman Veterans' Hospital took place from 1966 to 1972 at a cost of $15 million. In 1975, it was officially named the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital by an act of Congress.

Truman VA is the only hospital in the Heartland Network that has a referral center for open heart surgery, serving Missouri, Kansas, and parts of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Arkansas. The hospital performs at least 250 heart surgeries per year.

In 1995, a new ambulatory care building was added to the hospital, increasing its size by 106,000 square feet. The ambulatory care center was dedicated on March 20, 1998, and cost $15.1 million.

In August 2009, a $25 million expansion project began, adding a suite of operating rooms and renovating the hospital. The expansion added 27,000 square feet to the hospital's facilities.

The Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital has consistently achieved high scores in JCAHO Quality Reporting, making it one of the top hospitals in the state of Missouri.

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