University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown is a 194-bed hospital that became part of Iowa’s only comprehensive academic health system on Jan. 31, 2024. The medical center, formerly operated by Mercy Iowa City, continues a legacy of service dating back to 1873 and is committed to UI Health Care’s mission of changing medicine, changing lives.
- 24-hour emergency care with wait times typically less than 10 minutes from arrival to triage
- Heart and vascular care, including a cardiac catheterization lab
- Orthopedic care
- Maternity care
- Cancer care
- Digestive services
- General surgery
- Wound and Vein Care