Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center

Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center is an acute care hospital located on Woodland Street in Hartford, Connecticut. The hospital was established in 1897 by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chambéry.cite web|url=http://www.stfranciscare.org/body.cfm?id=18|title=Saint Francis at a Glance|publisher=Saint Francis Care|accessdate=2008-07-05] The hospital has 617 beds and 65 bassinets. It is the largest Catholic hospital in New England.cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E5D71430F931A15752C1A96E958260|title= The View From/St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford; How Art, and an Artist, Join in the Healing Process|last=Ryan|first=Bill|date=22 November 1998|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-07-05]

Saint Francis has been affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital since 1990. This was the first recorded instance of collaboration between a Catholic hospital and a Jewish hospital in United States. The two institutions formalized the corporate merger in 1995. In addition, the hospital maintains affiliations with Bristol Hospital and Saint Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, which are independently licensed. Saint Francis, a regional referral center, has major clinical concentrations in cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, women's services and rehabilitation.

ee also

*List of hospitals in Connecticut

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* [http://www.stfranciscare.org/homepage.cfm Official Website]