Laredo Medical Center part of the Community Health Systems (CHS)family, has some 325 beds and some 150 active physicians. Laredo Medical Center, which was founded in 1849 as Mercy Hospital, provides a variety of health care services, including cancer care, pediatrics, kidney dialysis, cardiology, and rehabilitation. The medical center also provides hospice facilities, a sleep center, a birthing center, imaging and medical labs, and a wound care unit, and it operates a home health service agency.