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Brigham and Women's Hospital was established with the 1980 merger of three Harvard-affiliated hospitals: Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (established in 1913); Robert Breck Brigham Hospital (established in 1914); and Boston Hospital for Women (established in 1966 as a merger of Boston Lying-In Hospital, established in 1832, and Free Hospital for Women, established in 1875).
The Vincent Memorial hospital was founded in 1890 as a memorial to Boston actress Mary Ann Vincent. The hospital was formally opened on April 6, 1891, by Bishop Phillips Brooks, as a hospital for wage-earning women and girls. [1] The hospital was originally dedicated as being for the care of sick and indigent women.
During the Depression, Beth Israel was one of only two hospitals in Boston that treated welfare recipients. Researchers at Beth Israel discovered vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in 1983. The two neighboring hospitals merged in 1996, continuing the patient care, educational and research components of both predecessors. [4]
Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is a teaching hospital located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. [4] It is the original and largest clinical education and research facility of Harvard Medical School/Harvard University, and houses the world's largest hospital-based research program with an annual research budget of more than $1.2 billion in 2021. [5]
1832: The Boston Lying-in Hospital was founded in Boston, MA, as one of the nation's first maternity hospitals dedicated to women unable to afford in-home medical care. It is the first of Brigham and Women's Hospital predecessor institutions. 1837: The first North American book on tumors was written by MGH co-founder Dr. John Collins Warren.
Map all coordinates in "Category:Hospitals in Massachusetts" using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of current and former hospitals in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, U.S. By default, the list is sorted alphabetically by name. This table also provides the hospital network of each hospital ...
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Boston City Hospital was the first municipal hospital in the United States, opening in 1864. [4]In 1960 Boston University's Medical School founded the Boston University Medical Center in the South End neighborhood to provide residency programs and research opportunities for students and faculty.