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  2. Marine Hospital Service - Wikipedia

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    The Marine Hospital Service was an organization of Marine Hospitals dedicated to the care of ill and disabled seamen in the United States Merchant Marine, the U.S. Coast Guard and other federal beneficiaries. The Marine Hospital Service evolved into the U.S. Public Health Service. It was the point of origin for several components of the current ...

  3. List of U.S. Marine Hospitals - Wikipedia

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    The Marine Hospital Fund was founded in 1798; [1] it was reorganized into the Marine Hospital Service in 1871 and renamed the U.S. Public Health Service in 1912. The hospital system became part of the Public Health Service's Bureau of Medical Services when it was created in 1943. The number of major hospitals peaked at thirty in 1943, and ...

  4. Timeline of the United States Public Health Service ...

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    1944. The PHS Act of 1944 broadened the scope of the Commissioned Corps, allowing for the commissioning of nurses, scientists, dietitians, physical therapists, and sanitarians (later health service officers). From 1940 to 1945, the Commissioned Corps quadrupled its numbers from 625 officers to 2,600. [2]

  5. United States Public Health Service - Wikipedia

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    The United States Public Health Service (USPHS or PHS) is a collection of agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services concerned with public health, containing nine out of the department's twelve operating divisions. The Assistant Secretary for Health oversees the PHS. The Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) is the ...

  6. St. Joseph Hospital (Fort Wayne, Indiana) - Wikipedia

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    St. Joseph Hospital, known commonly as "St. Joe," was the first hospital founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, opening in 1869.St. Joseph's was sold in 1998, and continued to operate under Lutheran Health Network (a subsidiary of CHS) until 2021 when staff and equipment were transferred to the newly opened Lutheran Downtown Hospital.

  7. Public Health Service Bicentennial Unit Commendation Award

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    It recognizes service during the bicentennial of the U.S. Public Health Service. Criteria [ edit ] The PHS Bicentennial Unit Commendation Award recognizes service during the bicentennial of the founding of the U.S. Public Health Service, [2] [3] which the service traces to the creation of the United States Marine Hospital Service in 1798. [4]

  8. United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

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    The Public Health Service Commissioned Corps had its beginnings with the creation of the Marine Hospital Fund in 1798, which later was reorganized in 1871 as the Marine Hospital Service. The Marine Hospital Service was charged with the care and maintenance of merchant sailors, but as the country grew, so did the ever-expanding mission of the ...

  9. An Act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen - Wikipedia

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    Passed the Senate on July 14, 1798 (Voice) Signed into law by President John Adams on July 16, 1798. An Act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen[1] was passed by the 5th Congress. It was signed by President John Adams on July 16, 1798. The Act authorized the deduction of twenty cents per month from the wages of seamen, for the sole ...

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