Editing Florence, South Carolina (section)

==Healthcare==
[[File:McLeod9404.JPG|thumb|right|McLeod Regional Medical Center]]
McLeod Regional Medical Center is a 453-bed non-profit medical center located on a {{convert|75|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus in downtown Florence. The hospital complex in downtown contains the Cardiovascular Institute, the Center for Advanced Surgery, the Cancer Center, and the only specialized pediatrics unit in the northeastern portion of South Carolina. It encompasses acute care facilities, such as McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, McLeod Medical Center in Dillon, McLeod Medical Center in Darlington, and also operates campuses all over the Pee Dee region of South Carolina.

The Medical University of South Carolina Florence, formerly Carolinas Hospital System, a regional healthcare facility with 420-beds, serves eight counties in northeastern South Carolina.

Regency Hospital opened in Florence in July 2001. It is a 40-bed Long Term Acute Care (LTAC) hospital located on the fourth and fifth floors of the Cedar Towers, at 121 Cedar Street. Regency, with its corporate office based in Alpharetta, Georgia, has 20 hospitals nationwide, and continues to aggressively grow throughout the country.

McLeod Regional Medical Center and MUSC Florence are the first and third largest employers in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcedp.com/largestemployers |title=Florence County Economic Development Partnership: Largest Employers |publisher=Fcedp.com |access-date=2013-04-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519190310/http://www.fcedp.com/largestemployers |archive-date=2013-05-19 }}</ref>