Opened in 1962, Memorial Hospital in Chester is a 61-bed rural healthcare facility, located in southern Illinois. In addition to an active staff of family practice medicine and general surgery, Memorial is proud to feature a wide range of medical specialties.
Memorial provides physician-directed emergency care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and offers a Convenient Care program, though the emergence room. Memorial offers a wide range of surgical procedures, performed on both outpatient and in-patient basis, as well as many diagnostic procedures.
Among their extensive list of special services are MRI, CT scanning, Lithotripsy, Ultrasound, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine Cardiac Rehabilitation, Stress and CD Counseling, Chemotherapy, Endoscopy and Bone Denstomitry. They also are proud of their full service laboratory, physical therapy and cardiopulmonary departments, which includes a sleep study program.