Lexington Medical Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. On behalf of the 7,000 employees in the hospital network, thank you for allowing us to care for you and your families over the past 50 years. It’s been our privilege to provide quality health services that meet our community needs.

Ever since our hospital opened, our focus has been on taking care of our friends, families and neighbors here in the Midlands.

IN 1966, voters approved a referendum for the hospital, creating the biggest development project ever in Lexington County.

A gracious donation of more than 22 acres of land from the Hulon family provided the site in West Columbia.

On January 6, 1971, Lexington County Hospital, as it was called, opened a 4-story building a fraction of the size of the hospital today with 125 beds and 250 employees.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the hospital pioneered community medical centers throughout Lexington County, created the Lexington Medical Center Foundation, operated a skilled nursing facility and Alzheimer’s care center, and established a physician network of medical specialties.

In the early 2000s, we added a new tower along with medical office buildings.

IN 2012, we began providing open heart surgery and cardiac catheterizations.

Since then, Lexington Medical Center has become a national leader in cardiac care, earning a 3-star rating – the highest rating possible – from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. We became one of only 30 US hospitals to receive a HeartCARE Center National Distinction of Excellence recognition from the American College of Cardiology.

Lexington Medical Center completed the largest hospital expansion in South Carolina history when we opened our new patient care tower in 2019.

In its 50-year history, Lexington Medical Center has had only 4 CEOs: George Rentz, Ken Shull, Mike Biediger and Tod Augsburger. Each of these leaders has helped to maintain and nurture an unparalleled employee culture of outstanding work, dedication and the most compassionate care.

TODAY, LEXINGTON Medical Center has 557 beds, 4 community medical centers, 70 physician practices and more than 7,000 employees. The network also has an occupational health center and the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas.

We operate one of the busiest Emergency departments in South Carolina, treating nearly 90,000 patients each year.

The hospital delivers about 4,000 babies a year and performs more than 27,000 surgeries. And our physician practices see more than 1,000,000 office visits per year.

Last year, we faced one of our greatest challenges – taking care of patients during the covid-19 pandemic. We appreciate all the support we’ve received as we continue to work to keep our staff, patients and community healthy and safe.

As the only locally owned, independent hospital in the Midlands, Lexington Medical Center looks forward to meeting your health care needs now in the years to come. Caring is timeless.