Menorah Medical Center
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Menorah Medical Center is an acute care
Acute care
Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery...

 hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

 located in Overland Park, Kansas
Overland Park, Kansas
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 149,080 people, 59,703 households, and 39,702 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,627.0 people per square mile . There were 62,586 housing units at an average density of 1,102.9 per square mile...

 at 5721 West 119th Street. It is part of the HCA Midwest Division
HCA Midwest Division
The following Kansas City area hospitals are affiliated with the HCA Midwest Division:*Allen County Hospital - Iola, Kansas*Centerpoint Medical Center - Independence, Missouri - replaces Medical Center of Independence and is the renamed successor/replacement to Independence Regional Health Center...

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Multiple shots of the main entrance where used in multiple episodes of Disney Channel's Good Luck Charlie
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Hospital Background

Menorah Hospital is a 158-bed hospital that first opened its doors in 1931 at 1000 East 50th Street across from UMKC in Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

. Stowers Institute acquired the former site in 1995. The hospital moved to Overland Park in 1996. Menorah has a beautiful campus that includes a doctors' building and outpatient clinics. The services that it feature includes Emergency
Emergency
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, Intensive Care, oncology
Oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...

, medical-surgical, labor and delivery, rehabilitation
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
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, and extensive outpatient care.
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