Website www.sjhlex.org Number of beds 468 Affiliated university University of Louisville | Phone +1 859-313-1000 Founded 1877 | |
Location 1 Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, Kentucky, USA Emergency department Level 2 Trauma Chest Pain Center Address 1 St Joseph Dr, Lexington, KY 40504, USA Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursSuggest an edit Similar Lexington VA Medical Center, Albert B Chandler Hospital, UK HealthCare, The Red Mile, Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital | ||
Saint Joseph Hospital is 468 bed medical center located 2 miles southwest of Downtown Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Founded in 1877, it is Lexington's oldest still existing hospital. It is part of Catholic Health Initiatives.
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History
Saint Joseph Hospital was founded on October 2, 1877 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, a Bardstown, Kentucky-based group who managed schools and orphanages around the state, as well as the St Joseph Infirmary hospital in Louisville. The Lexington branch of the St Joseph Infirmary was started in October 1877 by Sister Euphrasia Stafford.
In 1998 Saint Joseph acquired Jewish Hospital Lexington, which was renamed Saint Joseph East. In 2003, Berea Hospital joined Catholic Health Initiatives. Mary Chiles Hospital in Mount Stirling joined in 2007. In 2008, Saint Joseph HealthCare and three other hospitals owned by Catholic Health Initiatives joined together to create the Saint Joseph Health System. In 2012, the health system merged with Jewish Hospital HealthCare Services/UofL Health to form KentuckyOne Health.