MWH Emergency DepartmentCare Available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Our state-of-the-art Emergency Department has 50 treatment areas, making it one of the largest in Virginia.
As the third busiest hospital in our state, we are staffed with experienced, board-certified emergency medicine physicians and critical care certified nurses.
This is all backed up by advanced technology, including on-site radiology and lab services.
In addition, we are an official Safe Haven site, where any parent may relinquish the care of a child they choose not to keep.
MWH's Emergency Department team includes
PhysiciansPhysician AssistantsNursesParamedicsEmergency Medical TechniciansConsultant specialists if needed Region's First Free-Standing Emergency Department
A new, free-standing emergency department is scheduled to open at Lee?s Hill in the spring of 2009. This free-standing ED is a department of Mary Washington Hospital and will have 11 patient beds. As with hospital-based care, the free-standing ED will also be staffed with board-certified emergency physicians available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Patients requiring a hospital stay and/or tertiary care will be transported to Mary Washington Hospital, medical record intact.
As with Mary Washington Hospital, patients will be treated at Stafford Hospital Center and the Lee?s Hill Free-Standing Emergency Department regardless of ability to pay.