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Alaska Native Medical Center

Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage
Photo: Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers. 9/18/1947-6/16/1979, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:7-64._Anchorage_-_5040th_Hospital_at_Elmendorf_Air_Force_Base_-_Scaffolding_up_for_exterior_repairs_of_quake_damage_building_-_DPLA_-_7d980b2b410a4a82f63e3d8cc7a5640e.jpg)

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Anchorage referral hospital for Alaska Native health care.

The Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage is a non-profit hospital serving about 158,000 Alaska Natives and other Native Americans in Alaska. It is the secondary and tertiary referral hospital for the Indian Health Service Alaska Region.[1]

Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage
Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage. Photo: Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers. 9/18/1947-6/16/1979 / Public domain.
LocationAnchorage, Alaska
Opened1997 (moved 2 June 1997)
Beds167
Building area380,635 sq ft
PhysiciansOver 250 on staff
OwnersAlaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Southcentral Foundation

History

The previous downtown facility, 6 miles away, was built in 1953 as a tuberculosis sanatorium and was seriously damaged in the 1964 Alaska earthquake. The new hospital opened in 1997, with the move on 2 June 1997, and was built with 168 million dollars in federal funds after a thirty-year congressional effort. It is described as the largest hospital in U.S. Public Health Service history.[1]

Ownership and services

The centre is jointly owned and managed by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Southcentral Foundation, together with tribal governments and their regional health organisations. It is one of two Level II trauma centres in Alaska and part of the Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network, which provides telehealth to 180 Alaska Native village clinics.[1]

Design and patient support

An Alaska Native design committee shaped the building, with natural light, views and Native crafts and artwork. Quyana Hospitality Services offers free help with Medicaid extensions, housing and travel. A 202-bed patient housing facility, connected by a skybridge, opened on 2 January 2017, and the Ronald McDonald House occupies its sixth floor.[1]

FAQs

Where is the Alaska Native Medical Center? In Anchorage, Alaska.

Who owns it? The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Southcentral Foundation.

When did the current building open? 1997.

How many beds does it have? 167.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Alaska Native Medical Center

Key facts

  • 167 beds
  • Opened 1997
Quick checkWhen did the current hospital building open?Show answer

1997

Sources

  1. Wikipedia. Alaska Native Medical Center. 2026 (accessed 2026-11-13)

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