ABOUT NSHC

Our Services And Facilities

Norton Sound Regional Hospital
Norton Sound Regional Hospital is located in Nome, the hub city of the region with a population of 3,500. The hospital includes an outpatient clinic, a 19-bed inpatient unit and a 15-bed long-term care center. Services at the hospital include laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, dental, audiology, optometry, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, and many others. NSHC also has an extensive array of behavioral health programs to address the great needs of the region.

The health clinic at Golovin, population 144.

Fifteen villages, ranging in size from 150 to 750 residents, are scattered along the Bering Sea coast and on islands of the region. Each village has a clinic staffed by local residents trained as community health aides. These front-line primary care providers are a critical link between patients and medical staff in Nome.

NSHC stations a physician assistant or nurse practitioner in larger villages. The largest village, Unalakleet, will soon have a subregional clinic to serve its own residents and those of four nearby villages.

Village patients requiring the next level of care are brought to Nome. In an emergency, staff fly to a village to transport the patient back to Nome or on to Anchorage for care above the level NSHC provides. The hospital in Nome does not have the capability of providing surgery, CAT scans or MRI. Patients needing this type of care are transported to Anchorage.