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Health Care
he Amboy community is served by two area hospitals, a clinic and a nursing and therapeutic care facility.
KSB Hospital is 13 miles north of Amboy in Dixon. KSB also operates a medical clinic in Amboy. Mendota Community Hospital is 16 miles south of town. Amboy Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center is on the north side of town.
KSB Hospital
Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital is an 80-bed acute-care facility founded more than 115 years ago.
Along with the typical services a hospital provides, KSB offers a balance center, cancer center, diabetes center, foot and ankle center, sleep lab, occupational therapy, and hospice and home nursing care, among several other medical services.
In 2006, KSB opened a $3 million, state-of-the-art cardiovascular services lab and endoscopy area. And in 2011, it completed a $16 million expansion of the outpatient surgery and emergency departments. In spring 2014, a newly renovated Intensive Care Unit was opened.
OSF Saint Paul Medical Center
Mendota Community Hospital, now named OSF Saint Paul Medical Center, opened its doors in June 1951. An entirely new, acute-care facility was opened in 2011, employing more than 300 people.
It's the newest member of the OSF Healthcare System and was welcomed into the Ministry in April 2015.
The hospital has a 24/7, physician-staffed emergency room and an intensive care unit. It offers other services, including cardiopulmonary care, gastroenterology, nephrology, neurology, oncology, podiatry, pulmonology, rheumatology, and surgery.
A community health services department provides occupational health services, drug testing, and a variety of public programming and screenings throughout the year to promote public awareness and offer early detection or warning for certain diseases.
It also offers home health services, magnetic resonance imaging, a CT scanner, and it has its own rehabilitation services department. n
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KSB Hospital
KSB Center for Health Services, Amboy Clinic
308 E. Joe Drive 815-857-3044 ksbhospital.com
OSF Saint Paul Medical Center
1401 E. 12th St. (U.S. Route 34) 815-539-7461 osfhealthcare. org/saint-paul
