Memorial facts

1943 - Year the Colorado Springs City Council voted 5-3 to buy Beth-El Hospital and Training School, which was renamed Memorial Hospital in honor of the men and women who died in World War II

$76,500 - Amount of money the city paid to buy the hospital

$542.5 million - Operating revenue last year

$508.2 million - Operating expenses last year

$370 million - Memorial’s debt last year

671 - Number of licensed beds

4,122 - Number of employees

850 - Number of physicians

1,000 - Number of volunteers

5,000 - Number of births annually

130,513 - Number of emergency visits, the most in the state

29,713 - Number of annual admissions

398,426 - Number of annual outpatient visits

$69.8 million - Total unreimbursed care cost, including uncollectible debt, for 2009.

Source: Memorial Health System