Medical Center Hospital

Medical Center Hospital (MCH) in Odessa is the only full-service hospital in Ector County. Serving as the regional referral hospital for the 17 surrounding counties of the Permian Basin, MCH prides itself on providing quality healthcare in a compassionate manner second to none.

Medical Center Hospital is recognized by the State of Texas as the lead trauma facility for the region. As well as trauma and emergency services, MCH is a leader in cardiovascular services, inpatient and outpatient therapy; diagnostic testing; bariatric and stroke services, as well as women's services and our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Other specialty areas include the treatment of diabetes, family health, and wound care. Air ambulance service is also provided. The hospital is also proud to partner with Texas Oncology to provide a new state-of-the-art cancer center. Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Southwest also partners with MCH to provide the area’s only Family Room, which offers overnight sleep rooms for parents of children in the hospital, and the Care Mobile, a health clinic on wheels. Check out the web site at www.odessamch.org.

Emergency Air Travel

Odessa’s Medical Center Hospital is proud to offer MCH CareStar Flight Service. This program operates a Bell 407 helicopter, outfitted with the latest medical equipment, to service seventeen surrounding communities in West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico. The Bell 407, with a top speed of 160 mph, is fast becoming the most popular EMS helicopter in the nation based on its reliability and unsurpassed record of safety and performance. Patients transported in MCH CareStar benefit from the availability of a portable oxygen system, suction system, cardiac monitors, defibrillator with pacing capability, and auxiliary power converter for in-flight medical procedures.

With on-scene capability, the MCH CareStar Flight Service is able to provide trauma care and rapid transport for critically injured patients. The service also transports critically ill patients from outlying regional hospitals for advance care and treatment.