Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) is the public health agency of the city of Baltimore, Maryland. BCHD convenes and collaborates with other city agencies, health care providers, community organizations and funders to "empower Baltimoreans with the knowledge, access, and environment that will enable healthy living." [1]
The city of Baltimore, Maryland, claims it established the first US health department in 1793, [3] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, followed 1794, claiming its Board of Health as "one of the first". [4] And Boston , Massachusetts, claims in 1799 it established the first board of health and the first health department, with Paul Revere named as the ...
This page was last edited on 13 January 2025, at 05:06 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
Letitia Dzirasa (born c. 1982) is an American pediatrician who was the interim deputy mayor of Baltimore for equity, health, and human services from 2023 to 2024. She served as the commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department from 2019 to 2023.
Historically, Mercy was founded as "Baltimore City Hospital" by six Sisters of Mercy, a Roman Catholic order of nuns, on November 11, 1874, which was a merger of Washington Medical College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, earlier institutions from 1870, that the Sisters had been invited to assist with by local doctors.
In 1898 Franklin Square opened with 20 beds, the first hospital to open in the community of West Baltimore. In 1969 the hospital moved to the eastern Baltimore County in a new 325-bed facility. The Emergency Department treats a daily average of 300 patients making it one of the busiest emergency rooms in the state of Maryland. [2]
Bayview Asylum. Founded in 1773, the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, is one of the oldest, continuous health care institutions on the East Coast. [3] From its inception as the "Baltimore County and Town Almshouse," for the impoverished, It was initially located half a mile west of the city, however, gradual expansion of the city caused a number of relocations.
Baltimore City Archives; Baltimore City Delegation; Baltimore City Fire Department; Baltimore City Health Department; Baltimore City Sheriff's Office (Maryland) BP P.L.C. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore