| The Communities of Northern Alabama and | | | | they deal with the everyday medical problems |
| Southern Tennessee, both share the services of | | | | that we have. |
| the Huntsville Hospital, which is a very big outfit | | | | Finally, the Hospital in Huntsville also staffs a |
| that is staffed by over six hundred and fifty | | | | seventy bed rehabilitation center. Here, people |
| doctors, over two thousand nurses and a total | | | | with different problems ranging from alcohol to |
| staff numbering over five thousand. | | | | drug abuse are admitted and they get the help |
| The Hospital is divided into three sections, with | | | | that they need. |
| each section specializing and providing different | | | | The amazing thing about the Hospital is that it is a |
| services to its patients. The Huntsville Hospital for | | | | Not for Profit organization. So you find that this is |
| women and children provides specialized medical | | | | one of the few places where people go to work |
| attention and services to women and children. | | | | because it’s something they want to do from |
| These include and are not limited to pre-natal | | | | their hearts. Like many hospitals in the United |
| services, maternity services, gynecological | | | | States, Huntsville Hospital is a teaching and training |
| services and pediatric services. | | | | hospital that is affiliated to the University of |
| The Madison Medical Park is the Huntsville | | | | Alabama – Birmingham School of Medicine and |
| Hospital’s outpatient facility that is staffed by | | | | Family Practice, and Residency Program. On |
| doctors specializing in different fields. This may | | | | completion of their studies, medical students are |
| include dentists, gynecologists and obstetricians | | | | attached to the hospital to do their residency |
| and general practitioners. Here, when you see the | | | | there. The Hospital also serves as a primary |
| doctor, you get referred to the main hospital or | | | | research center for drugs, with around fifty |
| you get a prescription and you go home. Here | | | | projects that are currently ongoing. |