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Meanwhile, Banner Health Center at 17900 N. Porter Road has primary care physicians, X-rays and labs. It is affiliated with Banner hospitals in Casa Grande and the Valley. An online question at InMaricopa.com found 85 percent wanted an emergency room or trauma center, preferably operating 24 hours a day. “We need a small hospital with an emergency room, much like what Banner Health is building at Alma School and the 202,” Brent Egnal said in InMaricopa’s social media conversation. “It’s not a massive hospital, but it will have everything you need or want at a hospital.” A hospital facility would serve the unincorporated area around Maricopa, one resident pointed out. “While I appreciate all the people who live in Maricopa proper are concerned with the drive time, putting a full-service hospital in Maricopa will help Stanfield, Mobile, Hidden Valley, etc.” Michele Mayhugh commented to InMaricopa’s online query. “We have 45 minutes to an hour drive to a hospital.” Not everyone agrees a hospital is necessary in Maricopa. “I do not think we need a hospital,” Dawn Brunn said. “Maybe have the urgent care 24 hours to start. We are less than 30 minutes from two hospitals. This isn’t the first time I lived in a town without a hospital. I knew we didn’t have one when I moved here in 2008. I do not mind driving if I need to go to the hospital.” Luchia Young was even more emphatic. “A hospital in Maricopa is a big no. I want a private helicopter company w/pad available to fly me to a major hospital with trauma care. If I need a trauma one with a neuro surgeon, I don’t want to be held up in some small-town hospital where I will end up a vegetable. We do maybe need a 24-hour urgent care.” For the many residents who have been vocal about the need for a hospital, the push is driven by personal experience. “I had to drive my husband with a ruptured appendix to Chandler Regional Hospital for care, then watch him writhe in agony every time he had to wait for a
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gunshot victim to be treated first,” Anna Jones shared. “I just spent over a week at Chandler Hospital, and to get there took the most terrible ambulance ride, and [I] prayed the whole trip,” Thomas DeGraphenreed II wrote. “Well, if we had a hospital, I wouldn’t have almost had my baby in the bathtub,” Erin Tucker added. n “I had to drive my husband with a ruptured appendix to Chandler Regional Hospital for care, then watch him writhe in agony every time he had to wait for a gunshot victim to be treated first.” ANNA JONES
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What is the most important hospital service not available in Maricopa? 85% ER/Trauma Center 3% Cardiology Out-patient surgery
2% In-patient surgery Labor/Delivery
Two convenient locations
Maricopa Foot & Ankle Center
Ahwatukee Foot & Ankle Center
24-hour lab Specialists 0.5%
(520) 494-1090
(480) 893-1090
21300 N. John Wayne Parkway, Suite 126 Just south of ACE Hardware MFAAC.com
15810 S. 45th St., Suite190 Just south of Chandler Blvd. AHWFAC.com
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