City: Tavernier, FL

Category: Health Care

Telephone: (305) 434-3000

Address: MM 91.5 Bayside

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Description: Mariners Hospital, established as a nine-­bed physicians’ clinic in 1959, today is a state-­of-­the-­art hospital facility. Among the services provided here are 24-hour emergency care, surgery (including outpatient), respiratory therapy, pulmonary rehabilitation, cardiac rehabilitation, and radiology (including MRI, CT scans, and mammography). Mariners maintains a sleep diagnostic center, laboratory, and pharmacy and has a hyperbaric, or decompression, chamber. The hospital has a helicopter pad for transfer of severe cases to mainland hospitals.Mariners Hospital is a part of Baptist Health South Florida, a nonprofit health-­care organization. Mariners also maintains and operates a state-­of-­the-­art physical therapy center in a separate location at MM 100.3 Bayside, Key Largo, (305) 451-4398.