{"id":2176,"date":"2020-04-05T12:28:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T12:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.uchealth.org\/location\/uchealth-cardiac-surgery-memorial-hospital-central\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:22:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:22:43","slug":"uchealth-cardiac-surgery-memorial-hospital-central","status":"publish","type":"uch_location","link":"https:\/\/stage.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-cardiac-surgery-memorial-hospital-central\/","title":{"rendered":"UCHealth Cardiac Surgery &#8211; Memorial Hospital Central"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<uchealth-block-location-header\n  id=\"locations-map-block_ebc9b17a5ed2b18b191a56ddb6a1e1bb\"\n  class=\"uchealth-block-location-header\"\n  role=\"banner\"\n  aria-labelledby=\"location-name\"\n      >\n\n      <div class=\"location-header-featured-image\">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/03195505\/UCHealth-Memorial-Hospital-Central-1500x500-2.webp\" class=\"attachment-max-2560 size-max-2560 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n  <div class=\"location-header-info-left\">\n\n    <h1 id=\"location-name\">UCHealth Cardiac Surgery &#8211; Memorial Hospital Central<\/h1>\n\n    <address>\n              <p class=\"location-address\">\n                      1400 E. 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