Franklin Square Hospital Center

Infobox Hospital
Name = Franklin Square Hospital Center


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Org/Group = MedStar Health
Caption =
HealthCare = Private not-for-profit
Type = Teaching
Location = White Marsh/Rossville,
State = Maryland
Country = US
Beds = 357
Emergency =
Founded = 1898
Website = http://www.franklinsquare.org/

Franklin Square Hospital Center is a hospital located in the White Marsh/Rossville area of eastern Baltimore County, Maryland. Franklin Square is the third largest hospital in Maryland. Employing more than 2,800 employees, Franklin Square is one of the largest employers in Baltimore County. Franklin Square Hospital Center is a member of MedStar Health.

The building is found along Franklin Square Drive, next to the campus of Essex Community College, and is used as a training ground for students of Allied Health programs at the college.

Franklin Square can be reached from Baltimore Beltway exits 32 (Belair Road) or 34 (Philadelphia Road) by turning of Rossville Boulevard to Franklin Square Drive. Public transportation is available to the hospital. It is accessible on bus line nos. 4, 24, 35, and 55, operated by the Maryland Transit Administration.

History

In 1898 Franklin Square opened with just 20 beds. It was the first hospital to open in the community of West Baltimore. In 1969 the hospital moved to the eastern Baltimore County in a new 325-bed facility. The Emergency Department treats a daily average of 300 patients making it the busiest E.R. in the state of Maryland. [cite web
title = History at a Glance
publisher = Franklin Square Hospital
url = http://www.franklinsquare.org/body.cfm?id=555960
accessdate = 2007-07-24 ]

In the fall of 2004, Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore opened the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Cancer Institute, which houses centers focusing on melanoma, gynecologic oncology and breast cancer. [Citation
title = 2005 Post 200
newspaper = Washington Post
year = 2005
url =http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/post200/2005/MEDST.html ] Franklin Square is building a 356,000-square-foot patient tower. Construction is scheduled to begin this fall of 2007, and by 2010 the following will be complete:
* A new seven-story, 356,000-square-foot patient tower
* An expanded six-zone ED with 70 treatment areas
* A growth in number of rooms, from 241 to 366
* Private rooms making up 96 percent of all patient rooms
* A large intensive care unit that houses 42 beds
* Four new medical/surgical units
* Additional surface parking

References

External links

* [http://www.franklinsquare.org/ Franklin Square Hospital Center]
* [http://www.medstarhealth.org/ MedStar Health]