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The emergency room entrance at Pennsylvania Hospital at 9th and Spruce streets. Pennsylvania Hospital is a private, non-profit, 515-bed teaching hospital located at 800 Spruce Street in Center City Philadelphia, The hospital was founded on May 11, 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Bond, and was the second established public hospital (first was Bellevue) but had the first surgical ...
Philadelphia portal; Thomas Bond (May 2, 1713 – March 26, 1784) was an American physician and surgeon. [1] In 1751 he co-founded the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first medical facility in the American colonies, with Benjamin Franklin, and also volunteered his services there as both physician and teacher.
In 1751, Franklin and Thomas Bond obtained a charter from the Pennsylvania legislature to establish a hospital. Pennsylvania Hospital was the first hospital in the colonies. [77] In 1752, Franklin organized the Philadelphia Contributionship, the Colonies' first homeowner's insurance company. [78] [79]
Jesse W. Fell (November 10, 1808 – February 25, 1887) [1] was an American businessman and landowner. He was instrumental in the founding of Illinois State University as well as Normal, Pontiac, Clinton, Towanda, Dwight, DeWitt County and Livingston County in Central Illinois.
Location Type of facility Year opened Year joined UPHS Notes Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: University City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Teaching: 1874 [9] 1993 First university-owned teaching hospital in the United States [9] Pennsylvania Hospital: Center City, Philadelphia: Teaching: 1751 [9] 1993 First hospital of the United ...
The healthcare company also acquired a number of hospitals between 2013 and 2020 in other locations across the United States. Among them include: Lower Bucks Hospital in Pennsylvania, Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center (Reno, Nevada), St. Mary's General Hospital (Passaic, New Jersey), and many others. [9] [10]
The hospital was founded in 1897 by nuns from Philadelphia. They treated 115 patients in the first year, “many of whom were loggers, ranchers, and gold miners,” according to a document ...
St. James Hospital was established in 1907 in Pontiac, Illinois, moving to a new facility in 2002 as present day OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center. St. Mary's Hospital was established in 1909 in Galesburg, Illinois, and moved to a new facility in 1974, where it is today OSF St. Mary Medical Center.