Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

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Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Cottage Health
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Entrance.jpg
Hospital entrance, c. 2022
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Geography
Location Santa Barbara, California, United States
Coordinates 34°25′50″N119°43′23″W / 34.43042°N 119.72312°W / 34.43042; -119.72312
Organization
Type Community
Services
Emergency department Level I Adult Trauma Center/
Level II Pediatric Trauma Center
Beds519
Helipads
Helipad (FAA LID: 3CN2)
NumberLengthSurface
ftm
H148x4815x15concrete
History
FoundedDecember 8, 1891
Links
Website Official website
Lists Hospitals in California

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a teaching and tertiary care hospital in the city of Santa Barbara, California. It is owned and operated by the Cottage Health System. [1]

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Services

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a full-service hospital, primarily serving the diverse population of Santa Barbara County. There are three other satellite hospitals within the Cottage Health system: Santa Ynez Cottage Hospital, Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, and Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital. The hospital has regular medical-surgical beds as well as a CCU and an ICU.

Several medical services are offered, including a Level III NICU [2] and the hospital was recognized for its geriatric care. [3]

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center (upgraded from Level II in 2017) [4] and the largest between Los Angeles and San Francisco. [5]

History

The original Cottage Hospital building, designed by Peter J. Barber Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, c. 1891.jpg
The original Cottage Hospital building, designed by Peter J. Barber
The hospital entrance, c. 1920 Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (Santa Barbara and Montecito, past and present, 1920) (14754442076).jpg
The hospital entrance, c. 1920

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital was opened on December 8, 1891 as a twenty-five bed hospital by Mary A. Ashley. [6] [5] [7] The original building was designed by the prominent local architect Peter J. Barber. [8]

On June 4, 2021, Princess Lilibet of Sussex, daughter of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and granddaughter of King Charles III, was born at the hospital. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Cottage Health". July 30, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Children's Health Hospital Services".
  3. ↑ McCormick, Grayce (June 27, 2021). "Cottage Health recognized for geriatric care". Santa Barbara News-Press. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center". July 30, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Julia McHugh: Cottage Hospital's beginnings in Santa Barbara". Santa Ynez Valley News. October 9, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  6. ↑ Tompkins, Walker A. (1988). Cottage Hospital: The First Hundred Years, the Centennial History of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation. p. 24. ISBN   978-0-9619597-0-8 . Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital - Celebrating 125 Years - Cottage Health". www.cottagehealth.org. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Cottage Hospital", photograph by I. N. Cook, Gledhill Glass Plate Collection, Santa Barbara Historical Museum, accessed 31 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Harry and Meghan reveal where daughter Lili was born". The Evening Standard. June 6, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
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