OSF St. Joseph Medical Center

Hospital in Illinois, United States
40°28′58″N 88°57′22″W / 40.4828°N 88.9561°W / 40.4828; -88.9561OrganizationFundingNon-profit hospitalTypeGeneralServicesStandardsJoint Commission (#7248)Emergency departmentLevel II trauma centerBeds149[1]Public transit accessBus transport Connect TransitHistoryOpenedMarch 22, 1880 (1880-03-22)[2]LinksWebsitehttp://www.osfstjoseph.org/ListsHospitals in Illinois

OSF St. Joseph Medical Center is a 149-bed Level II trauma center hospital complex in Bloomington, Illinois, USA, and is part of the OSF Healthcare System.[1]

St. Joseph Hospital accepted its first patient on 1880. The original hospital was a two-story brick mansion on Jackson Street. The current site on East Washington Street was opened in the 1960s.[2]

Among the hospital's claims of firsts in central Illinois were the first successful Caesarian section birth;[2] the 1929 first blood transfusion; first successful radiation therapy in the 1940s;[3] the 1990 first open heart surgery;[2] and first "beating heart surgery", in which the heart is not stopped, in 2000.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us". OSF St. Joseph Medical Center. Bloomington, Illinois: OSF Healthcare System. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d "History". OSF St. Joseph Medical Center. Bloomington, Illinois: OSF Healthcare System. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Central Illinois "Firsts"". OSF St. Joseph Medical Center. Bloomington, Illinois: OSF Healthcare System. Retrieved November 12, 2011.

External links

  • Official website
  • OSF St. Joseph Medical Center on YouTube


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