- 803 E. Milbank Avenue
Milbank
,SD
57252
Milbank Area Hospital/Avera Health is a 25 bed critical access facility providing both inpatient and outpatient services. Outpatient services include home health, Hospice, DEXA, mammography, physical and occupational rehabilitation, urgent care center, wound management services, smoking cessation program and women’s health center, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, chemotherapy, and a sleep lab. Inpatient services include laboratory, hospice, imaging services (8 slice CT scanner and ultrasound), general medical surgical care (1 OR suite), skilled nursing care, emergency room services and a variety of other services. OB Services and a nursery are also provided with an average of 50 births a year. Numerous specialists provide outreach clinics in Milbank such as Oncology, Orthopedics, Urology, OB/GYN, Cardiology, Podiatry, Audiology, and Ophthalmology. The Hospital has CRNA services provided 24 hours a day under a contract with a local CRNA group. The local medical staff provides ER services with additional coverage being provided by a local ER Staffing Agency. The facility also has a Radiologist on site two days a week and connects 24 hours a day via teleradiology on days when the Radiologist is not in the facility.
The Hospital was purchased by the community and leased to Avera McKennan in 2002. With the exception of a $935,000 HRSA grant, all of the $4,000,000 necessary to purchase the Hospital was raised in the community. The Hospital enjoys extremely strong community support of the facility and is seen as a community asset. The relationship between the Hospital, the
Milbank has a population of 4,500. The new
Milbank has excellent schools. Pre-K through fifth grade, offered by both the public and private sector.
Milbank offers a variety of recreational activities including snowmobile trails, golf, softball, baseball and basketball leagues and youth sports. World class waterfowl and pheasant hunting are also available. Big Stone Lake is located nearby and offers Hartford Beach State Park, beaches, waters sports, swimming, boating, fishing and resort or camping opportunities.