Trident Charleston Health Care

The Charleston area is home to a medical community made up of hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, specialty clinics and rehabilitation clinics that provides the highest level of patient care. The center of the area's health care industry is in downtown Charleston where Roper Hospital and the Medical University of South Carolina which is a state university with a Medical Center and six colleges that educate nearly 3000 health professionals, research scientists and other medical personnel.