Editing Parsons, Kansas (section)

===Hospitals===
Parsons is also home to the Parsons State Hospital & Training Center, which has been in operation since 1903 when it was opened as the Kansas State Hospital for Epileptics.<ref name=Parsons.Salina2020>{{cite news |newspaper=Salina Post
   |url=https://salinapost.com/posts/5e8bd03deb7f17053601db40
   |title=Staff members, patient have coronavirus at State Hospital
   |date=April 7, 2020}}</ref>

In 1957 the hospital was renamed Parsons State Hospital and Training Center.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://kgi.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16884coll96/id/16/
|title=Biennial Reports of the State Hospital for Epileptics at Parsons}}</ref> At that time it began providing programs for individuals with [[developmental disabilities]]. The Hospital occupies 43 buildings on {{convert|163|acre|km2}}. The hospital also includes residential services, the University Center on Developmental Disabilities and the Parsons Research Center for the [[University of Kansas]], the Special Purpose School of the Southeast Regional Education Service Center. The Southeast Kansas Agricultural Research Center of [[Kansas State University]] is also located on the grounds, as is the [[Alzheimer's Association]], Heart of America Chapter, Southeast Kansas Regional Office.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

Parsons is also home to [[Labette Health|Labette County Medical Center]].