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Article: Portsmouth: Health Care
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Portsmouth: Health Care
Portsmouth area residents are served by the Portsmouth Regional Hospital, a full service, 179 bed medical center with staff of about 130 physicians. The hospital provides an in-patient and outpatient behavioral health center along with a 24-hour emergency department, rehabilitation services, women's care services including maternity care, and the latest medical equipment. Staffed by about 50 surgeons, the surgery department has state-of-the-art laser equipment, and extensive diagnostic resources, including CAT and MRI scanning, X-ray, cardiac stress, testing, ultrasound ...