Lawrence General Hospital

Lawrence General Hospital
Lawrence General Hospital
Lawrence General Hospital
	Hospitals in the United States

Lawrence General Hospital is a private

non-profit hospital with 189 beds in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It was an affiliate of Tufts Children's Hospital till it closed.it is aan affiliate Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard Medical School

teaching hospital.

Facilities

Lawrence General Hospital provides many different areas of patient care including inpatient Medical Surgical,

Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center and an expanded Diabetes & Nutrition Education Center."^[3]

History

The hospital was founded in 1875 as the first hospital in the Merrimack Valley by the Ladies' Union Charitable Society, a private group of Christian women in Lawrence.

working mothers in the mills.^[5] The Lawrence General School of Nursing was founded in 1882 and operated until 1977. In 1899 the hospital moved from its earlier locations on Methuen Street and Montgomery Street to the donated estate of philanthropist, William A. Russell on Prospect Hill. In 1929 Philanthropist Harriet Nevins left a large bequest to the hospital. Large additions were made in 1941, 1958, 1963 1972, and in the 2000s.^[6]

Notable people

Susan Elizabeth Wood Crocker

References

^ "Trauma Centers". American College of Surgeons. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
^ "Massachusetts Licensed Health Care Facility/Agency Listing". Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services.
^ "Welcome to Lawrence General Hospital". Lawrencegeneral.org. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
^ Leavitt, Thomas W. (8 February 1975). "Mill Owners and Missionaries: A History of Lawrence General Hospital". Lawrence General Hospital. Retrieved 8 February 2019 – via Google Books.
^ Ardis Cameron, Radicals of the Worst Sort: Laboring Women in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1860-1912 (University of Illinois Press, 1995), pg. 20
^ "History - Lawrence General". Lawrencegeneral.org. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

External links

Official website

[1] "Trauma Centers". American College of Surgeons. Retrieved 2017-02-14.

[Commonwealth_of_Massachusetts_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services-2] "Massachusetts Licensed Health Care Facility/Agency Listing". Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services.

[3] "Welcome to Lawrence General Hospital". Lawrencegeneral.org. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

[4] Leavitt, Thomas W. (8 February 1975). "Mill Owners and Missionaries: A History of Lawrence General Hospital". Lawrence General Hospital. Retrieved 8 February 2019 – via Google Books.

[5] Ardis Cameron, Radicals of the Worst Sort: Laboring Women in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1860-1912 (University of Illinois Press, 1995), pg. 20

[6] "History - Lawrence General". Lawrencegeneral.org. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

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List of hospitals in Massachusetts
Level I	Baystate Medical Center Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Medical Center Brigham and Women's Hospital Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Massachusetts General Hospital Tufts Medical Center UMass Memorial Health Care
Level II	South Shore Hospital
Level III	Anna Jaques Hospital Berkshire Medical Center Beverly Hospital Lawrence General Hospital Lowell General Hospital North Shore Medical Center Salem Hospital Steward Good Samaritan Medical Center
Pediatric Level 1	Boston Children's Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital for Children Tufts Children's Hospital UMass Memorial Health Care
Pediatric Level 2	Baystate Medical Center Boston Medical Center