Jino Caro

About:  On June 20, 1920, construction began on 272 acres of rocky, cactus-covered land Northwest of Fort Bliss . The hospital opened July 2, 1921, with a bed capacity for 403 patients. On staff were six medical officers, two nurses and 30 medical corpsmen.  In 1973, the hospital became William Beaumont Army Medical Center. Today, the hospital has a bed capacity for more than 150 patients. However, during contingencies, the hospital can expand for 373 patients. In November 1995, WBAMC became one of the largest buildings in El Paso with another 254,000 square feet of floor space added for the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Center. Now, the WBAMC complex has more than one million square feet of floor space for patient care and administrative duties. In 2014, the medical center sees a daily average of 3200 patietns, with 23 inpatient admissions, 135 emergency department visits, 29 inpatient surgeries and over 4,058 pharmacy requests. WBAMC is a Level 3 trauma center. Presently, there are 70 physicians in training, 27 interns and 43 residents. There are  more than 100 officers and enlisted Soldiers training in other medical specialties on any given day. 

 

Address:  5005 N. Piedras St.El Paso, Texas 79920

Phone Number: 915-742-2121