St. Luke's Hospital (New Bedford, Massachusetts)

St. Luke's Hospital
Map
Geography
LocationNew Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
Services
Emergency departmentLevel II Trauma Center
Beds360
Helipads
HelipadFAA LID: 5MA6
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 60 18 Concrete, rooftop
Public transit accessSRTA Bus interchange 203
Links
Websitehttps://www.southcoast.org/
ListsHospitals in Massachusetts

St. Luke's Hospital is a Massachusetts hospital located at 101 Page Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

History

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The hospital was founded in 1884[1] by the Protestant Episcopal church with significant financial contributions from Horatio Hathaway, a church leader and one of the founders of Berkshire Hathaway.[2]

In 1996, St. Luke's merged with Charlton Memorial[3] in Fall River and Tobey Hospital[4] in Wareham to form the Southcoast Health System.

In 2006, St. Luke's began constructing a new Emergency Department, which includes nineteen new private treatment bays. In 2008, the In-House Patient Pharmacy Department installed a drug dispensing system throughout the floors called Pyxis Connect. Operations continued in 2009 with upgrades to the OR rooms and Endoscopy Departments, which received new machines in each room.

Services

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St. Luke's has 293 beds in service and offers in-patient medical and surgical services,[5] including neurosurgery, cardiology, pediatric care, orthopedics, and general surgery.

References

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  1. ^ nbhistory (2018-05-03). "St. Luke's Hospital – History Spoken Here". Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  2. ^ Representative men and old families of southeastern Massachusetts: containing historical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families ... (Google eBook) (J.H. Beers & Co., 1912) pg. 1312
  3. ^ Charlton Memorial
  4. ^ "Tobey Hospital".
  5. ^ Inman, Ralph (2005). "Pediatric Orthopedics for Primary Care Physicians". Pediatric Physical Therapy. 17 (3): 229–231. doi:10.1097/01.pep.0000182843.32330.c2. ISSN 0898-5669.
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