St. Joseph's Hospital (Tampa, Florida)

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St. Joseph's Hospital
BayCare Health System
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Entrance to the Emergency Center at St. Joseph's Hospital
St. Joseph's Hospital (Tampa, Florida)
Geography
Location3001 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Tampa, Florida, United States
Coordinates 27°58′55.24″N82°29′29.80″W / 27.9820111°N 82.4916111°W / 27.9820111; -82.4916111
Organization
Care system Private
Funding Non-profit hospital
Type Community
Religious affiliationRoman Catholic
Affiliated university None
Services
Emergency department Level II Adult Trauma Center /
Level II Pediatric Trauma Center
Beds615
Helipads
Helipad FAA LID: FL38
NumberLengthSurface
ftm
H18024Concrete
H24012Concrete
History
Construction started1963
Opened1934
Links
Website stjosephstampa.org
Lists Hospitals in Florida

St. Joseph's Hospital is a private, not-for-profit 615-bed [1] [2] community hospital in Tampa, Florida. [3] It was founded by the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany in 1934, [1] [4] and was part of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany Health System alongside St. Anthony's Hospital in neighboring St. Petersburg. Both became part of the BayCare Health System in July 1997. [5]

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The St. Joseph's Emergency Center claims to be the busiest in Tampa Bay, with 74,790 ER visits in 2023, [1] and is a Level II trauma center. [6]

History

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Tampa Heights Hospital, March 1933, prior to acquisition by the Sisters
St. Joseph's Hospital, under construction, undated SJH-Construction-P15391coll1 21953 full.jpg
St. Joseph's Hospital, under construction, undated

The hospital was originally opened in July 1932 [7] by Dr. W. H. Dyer as Tampa Heights Hospital [8] who operated the 1st and 2nd floors as a clinic.

It was acquired by the Franciscan Sisters in the Fall of 1933. [9] A $150,000 renovation followed, with a modern fourth floor suite of operating rooms, x-ray rooms, a pharmacy, morgue, and doctors’ quarters added, with the finished facility said to be capable of accommodating 100 patients. [10] The refurbished hospital, located at the corner of Morgan Street and 7th Avenue, [10] was relaunched as St. Joseph's Hospital on October 1, 1934. [11]

The current location opened on March 19, 1967, [11] on what was then known as Buffalo Avenue.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hospitals". BayCare. BayCare Health System. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  2. O'Donnell, Christopher (October 31, 2022). "BayCare names new president for St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa". Tampa Bay Times. Tampa. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  3. BayCare Health System. "2023 Report to the Community" (PDF). BayCare. p. 11. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  4. "History". St. Joseph's Hospitals Foundation. August 28, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  5. Hundley, Kris; Nohlgren, Stephen (August 8, 1999). "BayCare hospital deal under scrutiny". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  6. "Emergency Care in Tampa, Florida". BayCare. BayCare Health System. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  7. "... W. H. Dyer of Tampa opened a new hospital located at Seventh Avenue and Morgan Street the early part of July ". The Journal of the Florida Medical Association. 19: 104. 1932. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  8. "Tampa Heights Hospital, in charge of Dr. W.H. Dyer, has been opened for the reception of patients". The Bulletin of the American Hospital Association. 6 (8): 50. August 1932. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  9. "St. Joseph's Hospital Celebrates Eight Decades of Service". BayCare. October 1, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  10. 1 2 "New Catholic Hospital to Begin Operation Next Month," Tampa Times, Aug. 3, 1934, p. 5.
  11. 1 2 Ingram, James M. (1990). "The Saga of the 'Sisters Nine': Birth of St. Joseph's Hospital". Sunland Tribune. 16 (1). 11. ISSN   2575-2480 . Retrieved October 14, 2024.