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Mission: Wamego health center is committed to the delivery of high quality healthcare to those we serve in an environment of compassion, integrity and fiscal responsibility. The whc vision is to provide superior niche care in a rural community through their values of service of the poor, reverence, integrity, wisdom, creativity and dedication.
Programs: Providing health care services and charity care: the hospital provides care without charge or at amounts less than its established rates to patients meeting certain criteria under its charity care policy. The hospital provides the following services to the residents of wamego and surrounding communities: inpatient hospitalization, emergency room, swing bed, outpatient iv therapies, diabetes education, specialty clinics, laboratory, imaging services, heritage programs for senior adults, and dietary consultation. The specialty clinics include the following: podiatry, surgery, orthopedics, gastroenterology, otolaryngology, ophthamology, urology, and diabetes. As a full service hospital centrally located to support pottawatomie, wabaunsee and surrounding counties, wamego hospital association, inc. (wha) offers a combination of technology and caring to provide all the specialties and services needed to support the community's health care needs, from outpatient therapies and preventative care to long-term inpatient care and emergency services. As a part of via christi health, inc. , a catholic health system, we share this mission: "inspired by the gospel and our catholic tradition, we serve as a healing presence with special concern for our neighbors who are vulnerable". Via christi health system's history extends back over 100 years and today, along with our sponsoring organization, ascension health, we continue to respond to community needs in kansas and northeastern oklahoma.