Benson Hospital opened in 1970 as a small community hospital meeting the needs of patients in the area. Today, the majority of the hospital's business is conducted through its emergency room, due in large part tot he hospital's location near the juction of Interste 10 and state routes 80 and 90. With the influx of hundres of winter visitors and many new permanent residents, outpatient use of laboratory, radiology, and rehabilitation has increased dramatically in recent years.

The staff at Benson Hospital includes seven local physicians, a family nurse practioner, and specialists in cardiology, obstetrics, mammography, rehabilitytion, podiatry, and hearing who see patients on specified days.

In late 2006, Benson Hospital became one of the rural hospitals participating in Tletrauma with University Medical Center in Tucson. The program puts a highly trained trauma surgeon in a rural emergency room through technology via the use of a cart carried from patient to patient and a headset that allows the local physician to communicate directly with the physician in Tucson. To learn more about the Benson Hospital, visit the hospital's website at www.bensonhospital.org.

Cochise Major Hospitals:
Benson Hospital, Benson
Copper Queen Community Hospital, Bisbee
Northern Cochise Community Hospital, Wilcox
Sierra Vista Regional Health Center, Sierra Vista
Southeast Arizona Medical Center, Douglas