Health Care

Types & Locations
Locally, Ellis County residents have a wide range of quality health care options including:
  • Access to general practice and specialty physicians
  • Six assisted-living facilities
  • Four facilities with 24-hour skilled nursing services
  • HaysMed, The University of Kansas Health System, a nonprofit, full-service hospital recently designated as one of several Outstanding Rural Health programs in the United States and whose services include:
    • Family Medicine and Convenient Care Walk-In Clinic 
    • Emergency, Surgical, Robotic Surgery and Intensive Care Units
    • Neonatal and Pediatric
    • Outpatient Rehab and Hospice
    • Diagnostic Imaging
    • Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Center
    • Dreiling Schmidt Cancer Institute
    • Debakey Heart Institute
    • Orthopedic Institute
    • EagleMed
  • Mental health programs through High Plains Mental Health Center and Catholic Charities Outreach
  • Three home health agencies