The Southside Medical District, located south of Fort Worth's Central Business District, encompasses approximately 1,400 acres and includes the area's major hospitals, medical institutions, and support services. It has more than 30,000 employees, representing the second largest employment center in the City of Fort Worth.
Fort Worth is home to 20 hospitals, including general care facilities, a children's medical center, urgent care center, emergency clinics, a cardiac center, and an osteopathic hospital. Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital, with more than 600 beds, is the largest hospital in the city and features emergency service, a CareFlite helicopter, open-heart surgery facilities, kidney transplant procedures and a rehabilitation program for head and spinal cord injuries.
JPS Health Network/John Peter Smith Hospital announced plans to build a $75 million patient tower to increase beds, host new operating suites, and add a new emergency department, scheduled to be completed in 2007. The Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth is undergoing a $57 million renovation that will include a new critical cardiac care center and expanded emergency room. Among the services of All Saints Episcopal Hospital are wellness and fitness programs, a cardiac rehabilitation unit, and the largest freestanding center for radiation cancer therapy in the Southwest. Other health care facilities in Fort Worth are Rehabilitation Hospital, which offers programs for the brain-injured and those with other physical disabilities, and Cook-Fort Worth Children's Medical Center, which specializes in pediatrics.