Wheeling Hospital

Wheeling Hospital, established in 1850, was the first hospital in the Ohio Valley in operation between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, and one of the first hospitals in West Virginia. It also was the first hospital in West Virginia to open coronary and intensive care units. In 1994, it became the first hospital in the Northern Panhandle to provide open heart surgery.

The Wheeling Hospital family includes the current acute care facility opened in 1975; Belmont Community Hospital and Belmont Community Health Center, both in Bellaire, OH; clinics in St. Clairsville, Powhatan Point and Woodsfield, OH; clinics in Wheeling and Wellsburg, WV.; and the Howard Long Wellness Center, Bishop Joseph H. Hodges Continuous Care Center and Kidney Dialysis Center, all at the Wheeling Hospital campus.

Wheeling Hospital Statistics (fiscal year 2009)
Admissions 12,247
Deliveries 1,073
Surgeries 17,241
ER visits 40,807

Wheeling Hospital also recorded more ER visits than any other hospital in the area.

State-of-the-Art Program

The Wheeling Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program is a fully accredited program covering three years of residency training. Residents receive a wide variety of training at the 276-bed facility with state-of-the-art programs and equipment.