Among the primary health care facilities in Kansas City are more than 20 hospitals providing over 5,000 beds. The 508-bed Research Medical Center, founded in 1896, offers general and specialized care in such areas as arthritis, cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation, pain management, and speech and hearing disorders. In 2005 the Research Cancer Center unveiled a new genetic counseling/screening program. The Research Psychiatric Center provides a complete range of psychiatric treatment for adults and adolescents. St. Luke's Hospital, a 629-bed tertiary care institution, operates the Mid America Heart Institute and Mid America Brain and Stroke Institute, as well as a school of nursing. Truman Medical Center is the primary teaching hospital for the University of Missouri—Kansas City schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and nursing. Other major health care facilities located in the city include Menorah Medical Center, Trinity Lutheran, and the Children's Mercy Hospital. A number of public and private special clinics, chemical dependency centers, mental health centers, and fitness centers also serve Kansas City.
Health Care Information: Research Medical Center, 2316 E. Meyer Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64132; telephone (816)276-4000. Research Psychiatric Center hotline, telephone (816)444-8161. Saint Luke's NurseLine, telephone (816)932-6220; toll-free (800)932-6220.