St. Luke's Hospital (New Bedford, Massachusetts)

History

The hospital was founded in 1884 by the Protestant Episcopal church with significant financial contributions from Horatio Hathaway, a church leader and one of the founders of Berkshire Hathaway.

In 1996, St. Luke's merged with Charlton Memorial in Fall River and Tobey Hospital in Wareham to form the Southcoast Health System.

In 2006, St. Luke's began constructing a new Emergency Department, which includes nineteen new private treatment bays. In 2008, the In-House Patient Pharmacy Department installed a drug dispensing system throughout the floors called Pyxis Connect. Operations continued in 2009 with upgrades to the OR rooms and Endoscopy Departments, which received new machines in each room.

Services

St. Luke's has 293 beds in service and offers in-patient medical and surgical services, including neurosurgery, cardiology, pediatric care, orthopedics, and general surgery.

References

References

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2. ''Representative men and old families of southeastern Massachusetts: containing historical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families'' ... (Google eBook) (J.H. Beers & Co., 1912) pg. 1312
3. [http://www.southcoast.org/services/charlton.html Charlton Memorial]
4. "Tobey Hospital".
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