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

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St. Luke's Hospital (New Bedford, Massachusetts)
Geography
Location New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
Services
Emergency department LEVEL II TRAUMA CENTER
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Links
Website http://southcoast.org
Lists Hospitals in Massachusetts

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

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History

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

In 1996 St. Luke's merged with Charlton Memorial [2] in Fall River and Tobey Hospital [3] in Wareham to form the Southcoast Health System.

In 2006, St. Luke's began building a new Emergency Department. Inside there are nineteen new private treatment bays. In 2008, The In-House Patient Pharmacy Department installed a Drug dispensing system throughout the floors called Pyxis Connect. While its operations continue in 2009 as the upgrade to the OR Rooms and Endoscopy Departments received new machines per room.

Services

St. Luke's has 293 beds in service and offers extensive in-patient medical and surgical services, with particular expertise in neurosurgery, cardiology, and general surgery.

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References

  1. 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
  2. Charlton Memorial
  3. Tobey Hospital

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