Health Care Services
New Castle County residents have access to a wide array of health care options. Local insurers include AmeriHealth and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (BCBSD). Patient care is provided by skilled doctors and specialists, and four area hospitals offer some of the finest care available in the nation.
Christiana Care Health System
One of the largest health care providers in the mid-Atlantic region. Their family of services includes Christiana Hospital, located just south of Wilmington, and Wilmington Hospital, in downtown Wilmington. Offering nearly 1,100 licensed hospital beds, Christiana Care also has a major regional Center for Heart & Vascular Health, plus the only Level-I trauma services on the east coast corridor between Philadelphia and Baltimore. As a recent recipient of “Accreditation with Full Standards Compliance "from the
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, Christiana Care strives to be a coordinated, patient-focused health care system of unsurpassed excellence.
St. Francis Healthcare Services
Encompasses a complex of buildings near downtown Wilmington, and offers specialized medicine with a human touch. Ranked in the top 5% of hospitals nationally by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, St. Francis Hospital performs advanced procedures like innovative spine surgery techniques, high-tech joint replacements, and the area’s most sophisticated beating heart bypass surgery.
Alfred I. du Pont Hospital for Children
AA 180 bed nonprofit hospital, is one of the nation's leading specialty facilities for patients under 18. Situated on 300 acres of parkland just three miles north of Wilmington, A. I. du Pont Hospital features programs in orthopedics, cardiology, cardiac surgery, oncology, organ transplants and rehabilitation services for children with brain and spinal injuries. The hospital is also heavily committed to scholarly and scientific research, and is the pediatric teaching hospital for Jefferson Medical College of
Thomas Jefferson University.
For more information visit:
www.state.de.us/dhcc
www.deha.org