MUSC Health University Medical Center

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MUSC Health University Medical Center
Geography
Location	Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Coordinates	32°47′10″N 79°56′52″W / 32.78611°N 79.94778°W / 32.78611; -79.94778Coordinates: 32°47′10″N 79°56′52″W / 32.78611°N 79.94778°W / 32.78611; -79.94778
Organisation
Care system	Public
Type	General and Teaching
Affiliated university	Medical University of South Carolina
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	865 Licensed Beds[1]
History
Opened	1850 as Roper Hospital 1955 as Medical College of South Carolina Hospital 1985 as MUSC Medical Center
Links
Website	http://www.muschealth.org

MUSC Health University Medical Center is a university hospital associated with the Medical University of South Carolina, based in Charleston, South Carolina.

In 1946 the South Carolina General Assembly passed a $4 million bill to construct a new teaching hospital that was brought under the control of the Medical College of South Carolina. Construction began in 1951 and the Medical College of South Carolina Hospital was completed and dedicated on May 10, 1955, and opened its doors to its first patients on September 26, 1955. It was later renamed Medical University of South Carolina Hospital and is now MUSC Health University Medical Center.

The transplant Center ranked as one of the top ten organ transplantation centers in the nation.^{[citation needed]} The MUSC Health Transplant Center is supported by the only HLA Laboratory in South Carolina. MUSC Health Medical Center is a Level I Trauma Center and is the regional referral center for the Lowcountry of South Carolina.

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About MUSC Health About MUSC Health

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• MUSC Health Medical Center