Hospitals in Omaha, Nebraska

Nebraska is also home to a VA facility that was the only hospital in the United States with a nuclear reactor.

The four-story brick, gothic structure was severely damaged in a wind storm in early March, 1902.

[4] The original Methodist Episcopal Hospital, located at 20th and Harney Streets, was opened on March 3, 1891.

Operated by the Methodist Episcopal Church, the hospital opened at 3612 Cuming Street in 1908, with a capacity to treat 2,000 patients per year.

[5] The Fort Omaha Hospital was opened in 1878 to care for soldiers wounded during the Indian Wars.

[7][8] The Nicholas Senn Hospital was located at Park Avenue and Dewey Streets in Midtown Omaha.

[15] In response to this situation, there were several attempts to start segregated hospitals in the city's primary historic African American neighborhood called the Near North Side.

Out of more than a half-dozen initiatives, one facility called the People's Hospital was launched and maintained by Dr. Aaron McMillan for five years before being closed by the City of Omaha.