Sparrow Health System

Sparrow Health System

Sparrow Health System, located in Lansing, Michigan, is one of mid-Michigan’s most comprehensive health care organizations. Sparrow Hospital is a 740 bed hospital, and is affiliated with nearby Michigan State University. Sparrow Hospital is the Regional Center for pediatrics, cancer care, including radiation therapy, trauma care, neurological care, high-risk obstetrics and neonatal intensive care. The Sparrow Tower was finished January 2008 and includes but is not limited to: a dedicated pediatric emergency room (the only one in the region), the largest adult emergency room in the region, state-of-the-art operating rooms, a helipad, oncology center, heart and vascular center and orthopedic department. In addition, 4,500 deliveries are performed at Sparrow Hospital annually, rehabilitation, and emergency treatment is more than any other hospital in mid-Michigan. The Sparrow Health System Laboratory performs over 3 million tests per year, at various laboratory sites, which include four remote testing facilities and thirteen patient service centers.

Sparrow Hospital is certified as a Level I Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons.http://www.facs.org/trauma/verified.html

Sparrow is proud to have its employees represented by the MNA, the Michigan Nurses Association, and the UAW Local 4911.


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