Providence Hospital | |
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Ascension Health | |
Geography | |
Location | 1150 Varnum Street, NE, Washington, D.C., United States |
Organization | |
Care system | Private not-for-profit |
Type | Teaching |
Services | |
Beds | 408 |
History | |
Opened | 1861 |
Links | |
Website | "Providence Health System". Archived from the original on 12 Nov 2019. |
Lists | Hospitals in Washington, D.C. |
Providence Hospital was a 408-bed hospital located in the District of Columbia, United States. Founded in 1861 on Capitol Hill by the Roman Catholic Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul,[1] it was the longest continuously operating hospital and the last public hospital in the District. It moved to Brookland in 1956. Providence Hospital was a member of Ascension Health, the largest non-profit health care organization in the United States.[2]