Summersville Regional Medical Center, part of WVU Medicine, has served patients from southern West Virginia since 1967, sitting as a 101-bed short term acute care hospital in the community, and you'll see the old building called Old Main from 1913 if you visit, which is listed on the register of Historic Buildings. They offer a pretty wide variety of health care services, covering things like inpatient and outpatient care, a 24-hour emergency room, intensive care, full surgical facilities, and a nursery for new babies, and they say their surgeries, lab, radiology, patient accounts, rural health clinic, and retail pharmacy all keep regular weekday hours, while emergency and extended care services run day and night, every day of the year. Folks get physical, occupational, and speech therapy here from licensed therapists, and the place includes sports medicine too, plus things like cardiac and pulmonary rehab, so there's help for a lot of different health needs. There's a big focus on medical imaging and diagnostic tests with X-ray, CT, MRI, mammograms, ultrasounds, and regular lab draws available-people can make use of outpatient services or stay as inpatients, depending on their situation. As a Level IV Trauma Center, they offer verified trauma care along with regular emergency services, and there's a skilled nursing (SNF) unit and "Swing Beds" for people who need a different level of care for a while between hospital and home.
The facility houses extended care and special care services run by attentive caregivers, and they run a cost-saving outpatient nursing program if folks don't need to be admitted. There's women's health care in addition to the regular medical specialties, and a rural health clinic promises many same-day appointments for convenience. Their patient portal, MyWVUChart, lets patients handle appointments and see test results online, and the WVU Medicine electronic system means records are available across all of WVU's health system. They point to a commitment to personal attention and high-quality care, and you'll see career opportunities listed for a range of clinical and non-clinical roles. With 9,029 patient days and 1,152 discharges last year, they delivered over $112 million in patient revenue, though their TPS Quality Score is 32.11, and a patient experience rating exists but isn't posted publicly. Patients in Summersville can also use local retail pharmacies like CVS, Mountain Lake, Walgreens, and Walmart. The telemedicine program helps connect people to specialists in Morgantown if they're needed, which saves some long drives. The hospital keeps trying to improve and keeps up with facility updates for people who live in Nicholas County and surrounding areas.
