Big Rapids Hospital is an acute care hospital providing advanced birthing, rehabilitation, and inpatient and outpatient services, including cardiopulmonary services and rehab, emergency department, lab, imaging and surgical services. The hospital also includes Spectrum Health Big Rapids Physicians, a multispecialty practice.

Reed City Hospital offers a wide variety of services including cancer care, a Rehab and Nursing Center, outpatient services, family practice locations in Reed City, Tustin and Evart, diabetes education and more. We recently opened the Susan P. Wheatlake Regional Cancer Center bringing state-of-the-art technology together under one roof.

Posts for Big Rapids & Reed City Hospitals

‘It’s not fear mongering, it’s the truth.’

Navy reservist recounts his six-week medical support deployment in New York City during the toughest fight of his nursing career.

‘We are honored and inspired’

Communities light up the night and warm hearts of health care workers.

‘We’re going to be OK’

Nurses give and receive support in providing frontline care while sharing messages of hope and gratitude.

‘This is what I am called to do’

Emergency department workers draw strength from teamwork, training and community support in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patient Story

‘Huge progress’

For their first three years, twins Ian and Isaac got all their nutrition from feeding tubes. Then they learned to eat.

Patient Story

Your top stories of 2019

Get your daily dose of inspiration by exploring our most extraordinary stories of survival, miracles and medical innovation.

‘Giving back to our country’

Spectrum Health employees value their military service.

Planes, training and bicycles

Two Aero Med teams come together to Build-A-Bike for area children.

Patient Story

‘She’s a warrior’

Young bride and mother, Cassie England, resolves to beat cancer.

Patient Story

From the flu to 50 days in the ICU

After seven years, lung failure patient asks her doctors, “Am I still the sickest patient you ever had that lived?”

‘It was almost divine timing’

Coles family ‘bonus baby’ brings joy.

Patient Story

Hunka hunka loads of fun

Elvis thrills rehab and nursing center residents at the annual car show.