Care system Private Emergency department Level I trauma center Phone +1 203-576-6000 Founded 1903 | Hospital type Teaching Specialty Acute Care Hospital Number of beds 397 | |
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Location Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States Affiliated university New York Medical College & Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Address 2800 Main St, Bridgeport, CT 06606, USA Similar St Mary's Hospital, Saint Francis Hospital, Silver Hill Hospital, St Vincent's Medical, Southbury Training School Profiles | ||
St. Vincent's Medical Center is a 397-bed acute care Catholic hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
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The hospital is now controlled by Ascension Health, the nation's largest Catholic and largest nonprofit health system, which is in turn controlled by several religious orders, including the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul which founded St. Vincent's Medical Center.
Size and services
The hospital has a medical staff of 450 physicians and has a total of more than 1,800 employees.
St. Vincent's website says the institution has "one of the largest angioplasty programs in New England," a bariatric surgery center, and extensive cancer and orthopedic services.
The hospital also has a "contemporary" Family Birthing Center with private rooms for labor, delivery and recovery, a private bathroom and sleeping accommodations for the father, and an entertainment center.
Psychiatric services include an on-site psychiatric unit for acute care and the Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services (formerly the independent Hall-Brooke Hospital) an inpatient and outpatient behavioral health facility in Westport, Connecticut.
St. Vincent's is affiliated with Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. In 2016 St. Vincent's announced a deal with Veterans Choice Program to provide healthcare to veterans.
St. Vincent's College
St. Vincent's Medical Center runs St. Vincent's College, which offers associate's degrees in General Studies, Medical Assisting, Nursing, and Radiography. St. Vincent's College also offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Radiologic Sciences and a RN to BSN program. The school also offers certificates (less than one year of study) in the following subjects: Central Sterile Processing Technician, Healthcare Management (online), Healthcare Reimbursement Specialist, Health Promotion (online), Hospital Coding Specialist, Medical Assisting, Medical Office Assistant, Multi-Skilled Assistant, Navigator Certificate Program, Pharmacy Technician and an RN Refresher.
History
The hospital was founded by the Daughters of Charity religious order and incorporated on May 19, 1903. Its first building had 75 beds and was built at a cost of $250,000. It opened its doors on June 28, 1905; more than 70 patients were treated by the end of that first day.
On Easter Sunday, April 17, 1976, a new hospital building opened just behind the original one. That day, William J. Riordan, then president and chief executive officer of the hospital, directed the transfer of 209 patients to the new structure, a 440,000-square-foot (41,000 m2) building nearly twice the size of the old one.
When the move was made to the new building, the hospital's name was changed from St. Vincent's Hospital to St. Vincent's Medical Center.