Backus Hospital has provided quality health care to the residents of Eastern Connecticut since 1893.
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Backus Hospital includes The William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich; health centers in Montville, Colchester, Ledyard, Norwich and North Stonington; the Backus Outpatient Care Center in Norwich; the Plainfield Backus Emergency Care Center, which is a stand-alone emergency department and outpatient center.
It is the only trauma center in Windham and New London Counties and houses one of Hartford HealthCare's LIFE STAR helicopters.
FY20 Fast Facts
SVP & President: Donna Handley, SVP & President, East Region
Licensed Beds (incl. bassinets): 233
Transitions from Inpatient Care: 10,528
Patient Days: 48,873
ED Visits: 62,253
Newborn Admissions: 874
Inpatient Surgeries: 2,282
Ambulatory Surgeries*: 8,173
Employees: 1,710
Physicians on Staff: 524
Operating Revenue (audited): $392.5 million
*Includes joint venture ASC (Glastonbury, Southington, BJI, Waterford) volumes