UIHC IS A large teaching hospital located in Iowa City , employing more than 7,100 people . It is the state ’ s only comprehensive , tertiary-level center as well as its foremost medical facility . Patients region-wide are

sent to the hospital for the treatment of more complicated illnesses and injuries , due to the fact that the US News and World Report ranked University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics number one in the state . 25