The world famous Mayo Clinic is a one-stop shop for the diagnosis and treatment of just about any medical problem. The clinic admitted 127,300 patients in 2003, who were served by a staff of more than 40,000 physicians, scientists, and administrative and support staff. The clinic has the largest association of physicians in the private practice of medicine in the world.
Staffed by Mayo Clinic physicians, Rochester Methodist and Saint Mary's Hospital are also world-renowned. Rochester Methodist is a 794-bed acute-care facility that began renovations in May 2005. The hospital provides care in such areas as organ transplantation, human fertility, oncology/hematology, and bone marrow transplantation. Its nursing units have been uniquely designed to allow research personnel to study the methods that serve patients most efficiently.
Saint Mary's Hospital, one of the largest private not-for-profit hospitals in the world, implements some of the most current advances in medical science. These include computer-assisted laser neurosurgery, kidney stone and gallstone dissolution without surgery, and magnetic resonance imaging. The hospital has 1,157 beds, 53 operating rooms, and eight intensive care units. The buildings that make up Saint Mary's Hospital are named in honor of Saint Marys' foundress, Mother Alfred, and its administrators—Sisters Joseph, Domitilla, Mary Brigh, and Generose. Mayo Eugenio Litta Children' Hospital is an 85-bed hospital within Saint Marys.
The Federal Medical Center, a federal correctional facility, has an 850-bed hospital that provides medical, psychiatry, and chemical dependency services for more than 800 inmates.