From your brain to your back, from your hips to your knees, neurosurgery, orthopaedic and spine care are expanding fields of medicine. As the complexity and demand for these procedures grows, Mease Dunedin Hospital is evolving with a new critical care unit and the construction of a state-of-the-art surgery department.

Located in the heart of Dunedin, Mease Dunedin Hospital opened under the guidance of Dr. Jack Mease in 1937 as a 19-bed hospital with a laboratory, cafeteria and operating room. City residents encouraged Dr. Mease to build a hospital, with the community's help, to serve the health care needs of those living here. Locals worked on the hospital's construction, taking only partial payments in cash for their labor. The balance was taken in medical care. Mease Dunedin truly was a hospital built by the community to serve the community. And it still is.

Today, Mease Dunedin is a modern 143-bed facility, providing quality medical and surgical care, with an emphasis on treating neurological and spine conditions. And we are currently undergoing a $19 million expansion that includes a new critical care unit and surgical suites. This multiphase project, scheduled to be completed by 2011, will provide more than 51,000 square feet of renovation and an additional 4,000 square feet of new construction.

Hospital-Based Services:

• Cancer Care
• Cardiology
• Diabetes Center
• Emergency Care, including Fast Track
• Hemodialysis
• Imaging Center
• Neurosurgery
• Palliative Care
• Rehabilitation
• Respiratory Therapy
• Spine Center
• Stroke Center, certified by The Joint Commission
• Surgery
• Urology