Prowers Medical Center

Prowers Medical Center is a critical access hospital in Lamar, Colorado, in Prowers County. The hospital is a level IV trauma center.^[3]

Prowers Medical Center
The hospital's main entrance and parking area
The hospital's location in Colorado.
Geography
Location	401 Kendall Drive Lamar, Colorado[1], Prowers County, Colorado, United States
Coordinates	38°4′12.87″N 102°36′35.26″W
Organization
Care system	District hospital
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Type	Critical access hospital[1]
Services
Emergency department	Level IV trauma center
Beds	25[2]
History
Opened	1967
Links
Website	www.prowersmedical.com
Lists	Hospitals in Colorado

History

Lamar's first hospital was a privately funded hospital called Charles Maxwell Hospital that began operating in 1920. Maxwell Hospital's first dedicated hospital building was built in 1928. In 1946, the Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception bought the hospital and changed its name to Sacred Heart Hospital. In 1967, the Dominican Sisters, facing insufficient funding, decided to close the hospital. At this time, the community came together and formed the Prowers County Hospital District, a special district under Colorado law. A new hospital building was completed in 1978, and three expansions have been added since then.^[4][5]