St. Vincent's Medical Center is a 473-bed tertiary care
Catholic
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hospital in
Bridgeport
Bridgeport is the most populous city and a major port in the U.S. state of Connecticut. With a population of 148,654 in 2020, it is also the fifth-most populous in New England. Located in eastern Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnoc ...
,
Connecticut
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, United States. It caters to a large population in Southern Connecticut and provides comprehensive and advanced medical services. The hospital is now controlled by
Hartford HealthCare, who acquired it from
Ascension in 2019.
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 Medical Center Web site, web page titled "About Us," accessed September 8, 2006]
St. Vincent's has an
angioplasty
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program, a
bariatric surgery center, and cancer and orthopedic services.
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The hospital also has a 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
Westport is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, along the Long Island Sound within Connecticut's Gold Coast. It is northeast of New York City. The town had a population of 27,141 according to the 2020 U.S. Census.
History
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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 the Veterans Choice Program to provide health care to veterans.
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St. Vincent's College
St. Vincent's Medical Center ran St. Vincent's College, which offered associate degrees
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The f ...
in General Studies, Medical Assisting, Nursing
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, and Radiography. St. Vincent's College also offered a Bachelor of Science degree in Radiologic Sciences and a RN to BSN program.
The school also offered 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.
In 2017, the college was acquired by neighboring Sacred Heart University of Fairfield. It is now known as St Vincent's College at Sacred Heart University.
History
The hospital was founded by the Daughters of Charity religious order and incorporated on May 19, 1903.[About Us: History]
, St. Vincent's Medical Center (accessed March 27, 2015). 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 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.][
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See also
*List of hospitals in Connecticut
This is a list of hospitals in the U.S. state of Connecticut, sorted by hospital name. The American Hospital Directory listed 51 hospitals in Connecticut in 2020.
Hospitals
Defunct
* Cedercrest Hospital (psychiatric) – Newington
* E ...
*Bridgeport Hospital
Bridgeport Hospital is a not-for-profit general medical and surgical hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It is a member of Yale New Haven Health System and affiliated with Yale School of Medicine. During 2018, Bridgeport Hospital received profes ...
*Norwalk Hospital
Norwalk Hospital is a not-for-profit, acute care community teaching hospital in the Hospital Hill section of Norwalk, Connecticut. The hospital serves a population of 250,000 in lower Fairfield County, Connecticut. The 366-bed hospital has more ...
* Yale-New Haven Hospital
* Stamford Hospital
* Greenwich Hospital
*Hartford Hospital
Hartford Hospital is an 938-bed acute care teaching hospital located in the South End of Hartford, Connecticut. Hartford Hospital was established in 1854. The hospital campus is located on Seymour Street in Hartford and is directly adjacent to the ...
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External links
St. Vincent's Medical Center
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Hospital buildings completed in 1905
Hospital buildings completed in 1976
Teaching hospitals in Connecticut
Ascension Health
Buildings and structures in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Catholic hospitals in North America
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport
NewYork–Presbyterian Healthcare System
1905 establishments in Connecticut