Tulsa, Oklahoma Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Medical facilities=== {{main|Medical facilities in Tulsa}} [[File:The Children's Hospital at Saint Francis.jpg|thumb|right|In 2010 Saint Francis completed a new Children's Hospital.]] The Saint Francis Health System owns several hospitals with a central location at Saint Francis Hospital in the southern part of the city. The facility contains 700 doctors and 918 beds,<ref>{{cite web | year=2006 | url=http://www.sfh-tulsa.com/ | title=Saint Francis Hospital | publisher=Saint Francis Health System| access-date=May 7, 2006}}</ref> and with more than 7,000 employees, the network is the second-largest healthcare employer in the state.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.healthexecutive.com/spotlights/apr_2006/sl_stFrancis.asp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928093541/http://www.healthexecutive.com/spotlights/apr_2006/sl_stFrancis.asp | archive-date=September 28, 2007 | title=Saint Francis Health System | publisher=Health Executive| access-date=May 7, 2007}}</ref> The health system also operates a heart hospital, which was named by [[General Electric]] in 2004 one of the most advanced heart hospitals in the nation.<ref>{{cite news | date=January 13, 2007 | url=http://salesandmarketingnetwork.com/news_release.php?ID=2009486| title=GE Healthcare Announces Preview of Latest Advanced All-Digital Heart Hospital| publisher=The Healthcare Sales and Marketing Network | access-date=May 7, 2007}}</ref> St. John Medical Center, located in an 11-story midtown center, employs nearly 700 doctors.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sjmc.org/section.asp?id=mp35 | title=About St. John| publisher=Saint John Healthcare System | access-date=May 7, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070716011407/http://www.sjmc.org/section.asp?id=mp35 |archive-date = July 16, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other networks, such as Hillcrest Health System, operate a number of facilities of various sizes.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.cancercenter.com/southwestern-hospital/about-southwestern.cfm| title=Southwestern Regional Medical Center| publisher=Cancer Treatment Centers of America| access-date=May 7, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070507110339/http://www.cancercenter.com/southwestern-hospital/about-southwestern.cfm| archive-date=May 7, 2007| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref> Beginning in 2007, the city elected to renew a five-year contract with [[Emergency Medical Services Authority|EMSA]] for ambulance service after a period spent contemplating a switch to the [[Tulsa Fire Department]] for the provision of such services.<ref>{{cite news | date=January 12, 2007 | url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=070112_Ne_A1_Tulsa7813| first=P.J | last=Lassek | title=Tulsa mayor chooses to stick with EMSA| newspaper=[[Tulsa World]] | access-date=May 7, 2007}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page