Wheeling Hospital

Wheeling Hospital
Original Wheeling Hospital
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Geography
LocationWheeling, West Virginia, United States
Coordinates40°03′31.5″N 80°41′03.8″W / 40.058750°N 80.684389°W / 40.058750; -80.684389 (1850, Wheeling hospital)
Services
Emergency departmentLevel III trauma center
Beds223 licensed beds
History
Opened1850
Links
Websitewww.wheelinghospital.org
ListsHospitals 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.

  1. ^ "About Us". Wheeling Hospital. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Wheeling Hospital - History". wheelinghospital.org. Retrieved November 12, 2018.