 Charleston Area Medical Center is the primary medical facility for the city of Charleston.There is a combined total of 838 staffed beds between three facilities.In 2008, there were 98,103 emergency department visits, 3,131 births, 33,132 ambulatory surgeries, 557,867 outpatient visits, along with 35,294 inpatient discharges, 26,597 general operating room procedures, 1,687 open-heart bypass procedures and 8,294 procedures performed in cardiac cath labs.