UI Hospitals and Clinics employs over 7,100 people and is overseen by the Iowa Board of Regents.

In addition to taking care of local patients, people throughout the state and region are often referred to the university's hospitals for treatment of serious or complex illnesses or injuries.

This hospital had two open wards for both men and women, four private rooms, and a surgical amphitheater.

Dr. Peck convinced the Mother Superior of the Davenport-based Sisters of Mercy to send nuns to Iowa City to help care for patients.

This arrangement lasted until 1885, when the Sisters moved to a nearby vacant mission and opened Mercy Hospital one year later.

[citation needed] Following passage of indigent care laws in 1928, patient admissions increased greatly.