40°47′09″N 74°10′35″W / 40.7857°N 74.1763°W
| Clara Maass Medical Center | |
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| RWJBarnabas Health | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Belleville, Essex County, New Jersey, United States |
| Organization | |
| Type | General |
| Affiliated university | None |
| Services | |
| Beds | 342 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1868 |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.rwjbh.org/clara-maass-medical-center |
| Lists | Hospitals in New Jersey |
Clara Maass Medical Center is a 342- bed hospital in Belleville, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, that is part of the RWJBarnabas Health system.[1] It was founded in 1868 as the Newark German Hospital, and was renamed in 1952 in honor of Clara Maass, a former nurse who trained there at the hospital's Christina Trefz Training School for Nurses, and become the hospital's head nurse. Maass' 1901 death during yellow fever experiments attracted national attention.[2]
In 1956 a new building was completed in Belleville, which is sometimes referred to as "The Hospital in the Park" due to its location opposite Branch Brook Park.[3] In 2022, the hospital was staffed by over 700 physicians with 2,100 total employees.[1]
- ^ a b "Clara Maass Medical Center". RWJBarnabas Health. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ Lynn Wenzel & Carol J. Binkowski (2003). More Than Petticoats: Remarkable New Jersey Women. TwoDot. pp. 84–95. ISBN 0-7627-1272-4.
- ^ "New Clara Maass Hospital to Provide area with 324-bed facilities". The Nutley Sun. August 9, 1956. Archived from the original on 2005-12-30. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
Known as "The Hospital in the Park", the new Clara Maass is located on a knoll in the center of a 17-acre site on the Newark-Belleville-Bloomfield boundaries on the westerly side of Franklin Avenue, opposite Branch Brook Park. It is now one-third complete. A seven-story building, costing an estimated $5 million, the new Clara Maass will be of fire-proof construction throughout. It is designed to proved the utmost in efficiency, service, and patient care. Its doors will be open to every race, creed, and color.