Tucson Medical Center, licensed at 607 beds, has been Tucson’s locally governed nonprofit regional hospital since 1943. TMC is Southern Arizona’s leading provider for emergency care and pediatric care (including Tucson’s first Pediatric Emergency Department), with top-notch intensive care units for adults, children and newborns. Other specialty areas include women’s, maternity, cardiovascular, orthopaedic, neuroscience, hospice, imaging and senior services. TMC earned certification as a Primary Stroke Center, accreditation as a Chest Pain Center, and the Gold Plus Achievement Award for stroke programs from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. TMC is also a recipient of the AHA/ASA's Target: Stroke Honor Roll. TMC Health is Southern Arizona's locally governed nonprofit system.