The new hospital, at 109,000 square feet, opened in September 2013. It is a two-story structure with interior design features that integrate Native elements from the Arctic Slope region. All hospital services are located on a single campus. Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital serves the villages of Atqasuk, Kaktovik, Nuiqsut, Point Lay, Utqiagvik, and Wainwright.
Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital is a licensed 14-bed critical access hospital, also certified as a Level IV Trauma Center and features:
- 14 outpatient exam rooms
- Ten single inpatient rooms, including two labor and delivery rooms
- Four emergency beds
- Physical therapy
- CAT scan
We also provide specialty outpatient clinics and services:
- Arthritis
- Audiology
- Cardiology
- Diabetes
- Ear, nose, and throat
- Gynecology
- Hepatitis
- Neurology
- Ophtalmolgy
- Orthopedics
- Pediatrics
- Pediatric cardiology
- Podiatry
- Surgery
- Sleep
2017 By the Numbers:
- 12,609 Primary Care Visits
- 26,322 Dental Procedures
- 3,556 CAT Scans
- 63 Specialty Clinics Offered
- 1,080 Ultrasounds
- 227 Mammograms for Breast Cancer Screenings
- 31 Babies Delivered