Providing all levels of care in more than 50 specialty fields, the health care network in metropolitan Des Moines consists of 8 hospitals with more than 3,000 beds. A regional trauma center and a helicopter ambulance service are also based in Des Moines.
Iowa Health Des Moines, with 3 hospitals and a total of 1,139 beds, is the city's largest medical group. The complex includes Blank Children's Hospital, Iowa Methodist Medical Center, and Iowa Lutheran hospitals. Mercy Medical Center, an acute care, not-for-profit Catholic-affiliated hospital with 917 beds, provides general care through its 3 Des Moines clinic and hospital campuses; the Des Moines Division of the Veterans Administration Central Iowa provides care to veterans; Broadlawns Medical Center consists of an acute care hospital; Mercy Capitol offers emergency, diagnostic, and surgical services and is a teaching hospital affiliated with Des Moines University's medical program.