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A non-profit, Catholic acute care hospital with 191 beds and more than 350 physicians on staff, St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago is part of the Community Healthcare System, which includes Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart.

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Home of the first open heart surgery performed in Northwest Indiana, St. Catherine Hospital has been a leading health care provider since opening its doors in 1928. St. Catherine Hospital, located in the heart of the region’s industrial corridor and historic neighborhoods, is distinguished for high quality care, named to Thomson Reuters’ Top 50 Healthcare Systems in 2009. From the hospital’s expertise to treat complex orthopedic injuries to managing chronic medical conditions such as diabetes and heart failure, St. Catherine Hospital offers the expertise to meet the diverse needs of the community it serves.

Occupational Health, Behavioral Health, Joint Academy, Hand Center, Women’s Diagnostic Center with same-day mammogram and breast biopsy results and a bi-lingual Diabetes Centers are examples of its broad range of services. As part of Community Healthcare System patients have access to the latest medical technologies: DaVinci Robotics Surgical System, CyberKnife, PET, and Dual-Source CT. As the nation’s 26th site for CyberKnife, St. Catherine Hospital’s physicians are among the most experienced in this technology used to treat cancerous and non-cancerous tumors - without surgery and pain - anywhere in the body.