Hospital type Community/Teaching Emergency department Yes Phone +1 508-828-7000 Date founded 3 January 1889 | Helipad Yes (FAA LID: 1MA9) Number of beds 152 Standard The Joint Commission | |
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Affiliated university Brown Medical SchoolQuinnipiac University School of Health SciencesNortheastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences Address 88 Washington St, Taunton, MA 02780, USA Hours Open today · Open 24 hours · See hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hours Affiliated universities Alpert Medical School, Quinnipiac University, Bouvé College of Health Sciences | ||
Morton Hospital is a medical complex located on Washington Street near Route 140 and Route 138 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA. The facility serves the Greater Taunton Area and is equipped with its own heliport for medical emergency flights. Also, it owns a small rehabilitation facility down the street at Mill River Plaza.
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History
The Taunton Hospital Company was incorporated June 8, 1888. In 1914, the name of the corporation was changed to Morton Hospital. It originally occupied the former home of the late Massachusetts Governor Marcus Morton. In the 20th century, the hospital administered its own nursing school.
Heliport
The Morton Hospital Heliport (FAA LID: 1MA9) is a heliport composed of one helipad on the roof of Morton Hospital. The heliport is privately owned and is primarily used at the utmost discretion of the hospital for medical emergency airlifts and transport. Most often, critically injured patients are airlifted from the hospital to large and well-equipped medical facilities around the region; sometimes as far as Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
The heliport is made of asphalt and its dimensions are 40 x 40 ft / 12.2 x 12.2 m.