Madigan Army Medical Center, (MAMC), located just north of the Main Post, gives priority medical care to the nearly 21,000 soldiers on Fort Lewis and 6,000 active duty members on McChord Air Force Base. MAMC also provides care to 76,000 retirees and their family members. The medical center, staffed by nearly 3,000 medical, dental, nursing and administrative personnel, examines and treats nearly 800,000 outpatients each year.
The 120-acre site is the largest military hospital on the west coast. Madigan has an average daily inpatient census of about 124. The 9-year-old medical center has 172 beds for inpatients use, and can expand to accommodate 622 patients during medical emergencies. Outpatients are seen in the hospital's medical mall complex.
Madigan's ambulatory patient care service is one of the busiest in the country, with as many as 32 surgeries performed daily, 4,400 laboratory procedures are completed, 3,500 prescriptions are filled, 550 X-rays are made and six babies are delivered.
Madigan also oversees the operation of troop medical clinics and battalion aid stations on Fort Lewis.
The Fort Lewis Dental Activity consists of five on-post dental clinics and all dental specialties are represented at Fort Lewis. Each clinic has assigned units for which it is responsible.
