Wilkes-Barre General Hospital


Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, is a for-profit hospital located in northeastern Pennsylvania. The hospital has a Level II Trauma Center which serves nearly 60,000 patients per year. Wilkes-Barre specializes in cardiovascular care and also works with cancer, oncology, renal disease among others.

History

In 1870, physicians of Nine Wilkes-Barre believed the region needed better medical support and sought to establish a hospital. Ground broke in 1872, the hospital was completed and opened in 1876.
In 1902, the hospital opened the X-ray department. In 1963, the nuclear medicine department was established.
Christopher Jones was awarded the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital’s third-quarter DAISY Award in 2019 for his work on clinical services telemetry. The hospital is owned by Tennessee-based Community Health Systems.