About Us

Hospital Overview

Our team of health care professionals is dedicated to improving the health and well being of our patients. Wayne County Hospital is a general medical/surgical hospital with modern medical imaging and laboratory services, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation therapy, new labor-delivery-recovery obstetrical suites and an exceptional dialysis unit. The emergency department, designated as a Level IV Trauma Center, provides 24-hour emergency care and offers stabilization and transfer services to patients requiring more specialized care. Ambulance and medical helicopter transfer services are available with highly trained emergency personnel. We operate four rural health clinics strategically located throughout the county.

Our medical staff consists of family practice physicians, a general surgeon, a urogynecologist and orthopedic specialist, complemented by physician assistants and nurse practitioners. In addition, we provide obstetric care for a five county area.

Facts & Figures

Founded in 1954
Total CAH licensed beds 25
Gross revenues $57 million

The Amy Robertson Specialty Clinic offers patients local care with visiting specialists in areas such as audiology, cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, podiatry, and urology. The Wayne County Hospital rehabilitation services team provides physical, occupational and speech language therapy. The hospital operates four rural health clinics conveniently located in Corydon, Humeston, Lineville and Seymour to provide better health care access to patients within Wayne County.

Wayne County Hospital is one of the largest employers in the county serving a population of 6,385 people in Wayne County plus surrounding areas. (2015 Census) Wayne County Hospital operates as a tax-exempt; twenty-five bed licensed Critical Access Hospital (CAH).

Convenient, free parking is available in the main parking lot on the east side of the complex.

Building on a long legacy of local care, Wayne County Hospital is proud to operate as a fully independent community hospital, a transition we successfully completed two years ago to better serve our region's unique needs.

Our History

WAYNE COUNTY HOSPITAL

Completed in 1954, Wayne County Hospital opened in January 1955 as a 34 bed, non-profit, community owned, rural hospital serving Wayne County and neighboring communities. Cost for the original project, including the building and equipment, was $450,000 of which $140,000 was available from the Federal Government through the Hill-Burton Act. The County’s share of the project, through taxation, was $200,000, and the balance was obtained by subscriptions through the efforts of a local committee. The county’s population in 1955 was between 9,000-10,000 people.

Designed by the architectural firm of Williamson and Loebsack and Associates of Topeka, Kansas; the original structure was 256 feet long and 60 feet wide. A private room cost $10.50 per day, a semi-private room was $8.50 and the charge was $6.50 per day for children under 7 years old. The new hospital employed a staff of approximately 25 members.