Madigan Army Medical Center, (MAMC), located just a few minutes
north of the Main Post, gives priority medical care to the nearly 21,000
soldiers on Fort Lewis and 6,000 active duty members on McChord Air Force
Base. MAMC also provides care to 76,000 retirees and their family
members. The medical center, staffed by nearly 3,000 medical, dental,
nursing and administrative personnel, examines and treats nearly 800,000
outpatients each year.
The 120-acre site is the largest military hospital
on the west coast. Madigan has an average daily inpatient census of
about 124. The 9-year-old medical center has 172 beds for inpatients
use, and can expand to accommodate 622 patients during medical
emergencies. Outpatients are seen in the hospital's medical mall
complex. Madigan's ambulatory patient care service is one of the
busiest in the country. Each day, some 32 surgeries are performed,
4,400 laboratory procedures are completed, 3,500 prescriptions are filled, 550
X-rays are made and six babies are delivered.
Madigan also oversees the
operation of troop medical clinics and battalion aid stations on Fort
Lewis. Madigan carries the regional responsibility for the Medical
Activity at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and health clinics at Yakima Training
Center, Army Depot in Oregon, and Camp Park in California.
The Fort Lewis
Dental Activity consists of five on-post dental clinics and all dental
specialties are represented at Fort Lewis. Each clinic has assigned
units for which it is responsible.