Wheeling Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Wheeling, West Virginia, United States |
Coordinates | 40°03′31.5″N 80°41′03.8″W / 40.058750°N 80.684389°W |
Services | |
Emergency department | Level III trauma center |
Beds | 223 licensed beds |
History | |
Opened | 1850 |
Links | |
Website | www.wheelinghospital.org |
Lists | Hospitals in West Virginia |
Wheeling Hospital is a 223 bed hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia. Originally founded in 1850, it is one of the oldest hospitals in the United States in continuous operation as an institution.[1] It was founded by visitation nuns and later became affiliated with the convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph.[2] During the Civil War, the hospital was used by the military.[2]
In the 1980s, a new hospital complex was built in the Clator neighborhood of Wheeling, and the original hospital in North Wheeling was demolished in the 1990s.