Wythe Cnty Community Hospital sits at 600 West Ridge Road in Wytheville, Virginia, and people around here know it's the only hospital in Wythe County since it opened back in 1972, which makes it a familiar place for care if you live in Wythe or Bland County because folks use it for all kinds of medical needs. This hospital has 100 licensed beds, though there's usually around 40 staffed beds, and out of those, 8 are in the long-term care unit set aside for people needing more time to recover, but there aren't any private rooms, so you have to know that right away. The hospital covers a lot of different health services like heart care, women's health, surgery, occupational medicine, rehab and therapy, respiratory and wound care, diabetes care, and cancer services, and even has home health and hospice options for those who need care at home, while also taking care of urgent situations in their Emergency Room, where the wait time is about 45 minutes, which you know is about what you'd expect, and folks get treated in the only emergency department nearby.
Wythe Cnty Community Hospital is part of LifePoint Health, which is a bigger healthcare company, and they keep looking at things like cost, safety, and quality, which probably helps them run pretty efficiently since the hospital has higher efficiency marks and a pretty low overall cost, and I always notice that awards like the 'A' Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group and the Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission stand out, not that awards are everything, but they do count for something when you're choosing where to go if you're not feeling well. People use the hospital for regular check-ups and specialty care like breast health, neurology, orthopedics, urology, imaging, and even sleep studies, as well as special programs for heartburn and lung care, and they've got one called Special Delivery for moms and newborns. You can also find a dedicated Mother and Newborn care unit, along with the special Wound & Hyperbaric Medicine clinic and an Intensive Care Unit for folks who need close monitoring.
For those who like to keep things organized or want to look at their own records, the hospital has services like a Patient Portal, easy bill pay, and pre-registration options. They run classes and events like Childbirth & Newborn Education and give out Colon Health Risk Assessments, which is something some people look for. If you want a hospital with amenities, you'll see they have pastoral care if you need support, plus lab and advanced imaging with things like low-dose CT lung cancer screening, which lets them catch health problems early on. Dr. Figueroa, who's well known for nearly forty years of critical care and pulmonology experience, works here, and that means they cover a wide age range and a big variety of needs-not just for seniors but for anyone in the county.
Wythe Cnty Community Hospital doesn't have verified rates through Turquoise, and the rates for services aren't shown as verified elsewhere, so if you need those details, you have to ask, and since they don't have teaching status, you won't see lots of medical students in the hallways, but you will see full-time and contract staff like any solid community hospital who knows people by name. If you or someone in your family lives in this part of Virginia and wants care nearby without driving far, the hospital has been here a long time and keeps adapting, offering both inpatient and outpatient care for most everything that comes your way, and serves a community of about 36,000 people who either come in for something small or sometimes for an emergency or hospital stay when the need comes up.
