Healthcare
Healthcare remains of utmost importance in the greater Massillon area. Stark County is home to a monumental amount of healthcare facilities, ranging from visiting nurse services and nationally accredited hospitals to health insurance companies and stat care facilities. Whether it’s welcoming a newborn into the world, mending a skinned knee, finding affordable health insurance, or attending a free lecture, Massillon residents have numerous outlets from which to choose to suit their distinctive healthcare needs.
Massillon’s history of healthcare service began in 1904 when land was donated in a residential area within walking distance of downtown to build Massillon City Hospital, which opened in 1910 with only 25 beds and six medical staff members. In 1978, the name was changed to Massillon Community Hospital, ushering in the unprecedented growth of the 21st-century. Unique to this medical campus are its sleep lab; wound healing center; and senior health, rehabilitation, mammography, chemical dependency, and psychiatry services.
In a suburban neighborhood east of downtown is Doctors Hospital, an institution that offers truly unique services to the area. Dedicated in 1963 as a 50-bed hospital, this facility is a teaching hospital that provides services for the county morgue, and it owns a house in the neighborhood in which family members of its Amish patients may stay. Unique to this campus are its ambulatory clinic; GYN care center; chest pain center; and maxillofacial, plastic, and reconstructive surgery services.
In 2006, Massillon Community Hospital merged with Doctors Hospital to form Affinity Medical Center. Together, these institutions provide well-rounded care to the Massillon community through free screenings, support groups, lectures, and an impressive list of services, centers, and clinics. Affinity Medical Center also facilitates the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine CORE Program and is a teaching facility for nurse and laboratory technician students. Accredited by 12 organizations, Affinity Medical Center provides top-notch and technologically advanced services in a friendly and caring way to Massillon and neighboring communities.
In addition to Affinity Medical Center, there are two hospitals in nearby Canton. Aultman Health Foundation features a Level II Trauma Center, a Breast Care Center, the Aultman Birth Center, a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and the Aultman Heart Center. A Catholic-based organization, Mercy Medical Center is a member of the University Hospitals Health System and maintains America’s first accredited Emergency Chest Pain Center, a National Cancer Institute, and stat care centers throughout the Stark County area. SR 21 offers access to Akron Children’s Hospital, while an hour’s drive to Cleveland provides use of University Hospitals, a network of 150 units in association with Case Western Reserve University.
The Massillon area is home to more than 10 senior care centers, ranging from assisted living and rehabilitation facilities to nursing homes and hospice centers. The greater Massillon area is home to an impressive amount of organizations and businesses that secure the health, rehabilitation, and educational needs of its residents and offer quality, professional care close to home.
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