University Health Truman Medical Center is on Hospital Hill. The catwalk on the right connects to the Hospital Hill Center and the Diagnostic and Testing Center.
The hospital is affiliated with the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine and provides training base for its four- and six-year medical programs.[3]
The facility is equipped with diverse fields of services including ED, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, cardiology, and radiology.[1]
History
The origins of University Health Truman Medical Center began in 1870 with the construction of City Hospital at 22nd Street and McCoy Avenue (now Kenwood Avenue) in Kansas City.[4]
Voters approved a bond issue in 1903 to fund the construction of a new larger General Hospital because the 175-bed hospital was deemed insufficient for the growing city.[4]
In 1908, the new 600-bed General Hospital opened.[4]
A new racially segregated hospital was built in 1930, with old General Hospital No. 1 being for white patients and new General Hospital No. 2 becoming the "colored division".[4][5]
The hospitals merged in 1957, and the newly integrated hospital eventually became the teaching hospital for the newly established University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Medical School.[4]
The hospital officially opened at its present-day location in 1976.[4]
On December 30, 1986, a fire ignited in a patient's room in the hospital due to smoking, ultimately resulting in the death of two patients. The fire caused the evacuation of over 50 patients, and several staff members and medical students required treatment for smoke inhalation.[6][7][8][9]
In 2021, the hospital changed its name from Truman Medical Center-Hospital Hill to University Health Truman Medical Center.[10][11]
