Ranked among the Top 10 stress-free cities in the U.S. by Men’s Health magazine in 2004, Lubbock is indeed a healthy place to live.  Yet if you do need medical attention here, major facilities offer the most comprehensive health care services between Dallas/Fort Worth and Los Angeles. Traditional hospitals are Covenant, University and Highland Medical Centers and Southwest Regional Medical Complex, along with some innovative upstarts.

There are also 102 clinics and 36 retirement and nursing homes in the area.

Covenant Health System is the largest healthcare institution in West Texas and eastern Mexico, with more than 1,330 beds, 5,500 employees and more than 600 admitting physicians.

Founded in 1978, UMC Health System is home to the region’s only Level I Trauma Center and the UMC Southwest Cancer and Research Center.

Some of the nation’s most sought-after heart surgeons and physicians in other specialty areas practice in Lubbock.

In addition, Lubbock offers state-of-the art long-term care facilities such as the Mildred and Shirley L. Garrison Geriatric education and Care Center and world-renowned institutes for pain and diseases.

TTU supports the region’s only medical school, which offers educational endeavors in medicine, pharmacy, allied health and nursing — with emphasis on providing rural health care to outlying communities.