EMH Regional Medical Center

EMH Regional Medical Center is a hospital located in Elyria, OH. It is ranked as one of the Top 100 Hospitals in the US. It serves the surrounding areas in Lorain County including North Ridgeville and Grafton.HistoryElyria Memorial Hospital is a hospital founded in 1908 in response to a trolley crash in Elyria, OH. Before the hospital was built, Elyria was in need of a hospital and when the accident happened, there was no place that was well suited to care for the 100 victims. Edgar F. Allen, whose son died in the crash, started to raise $100,000 to build a hospital. On October 30, 1908, Elyria Memorial Hospital was opened and soon after The Gates Hospital for Crippled Children was opened (Later to be named Gates Hospital). Since then EMH has been on the top 100 hospitals 10 times by Solucient.Elyria CampusThe main campus of the system is located in Elyria, OH which includes the original Allen Building (1908), the 11-floor Smythe Tower (originally constructed with 6 floors in 1962, later expanded to 11 floors with rooftop helipad in 1976) which is the tallest building in Elyria, the New West building (1972) which houses an emergency room and surgical suite, the New East building (1984) contains the Radiology department and several intensive care units, the Ambulatory Care Center (ACC, 1996) which contains the hospital's main lobby, patient registration, pre-admission testing, electrodiagnostics, outpatient surgery and the maternity unit. Just to the east of the main hospital, on the location of the former Gates Hospital for Crippled Children stands the Gates Building. Inside are the Gates Pharmacy, Auditorium, and three floors of doctors offices. On the second floor, the Gates building is linked to the New East building of the main hospital by an over-street walkway. On the opposite side of the main hospital, the ACC building is linked by another over-street walkway to a 4-floor parking garage.