Prisma Health Baptist Hospital
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Geography | |
Location | Columbia, South Carolina, United States |
Coordinates | 34°00′25″N 81°01′59″W / 34.0069°N 81.033°WCoordinates: 34°00′25″N 81°01′59″W / 34.0069°N 81.033°W |
Organization | |
Type | General |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 489 (Licensed) |
History | |
Opened | 1914 (as South Carolina Baptist Hospital) 1980 (as Baptist Medical Center 1998 as Palmetto Health Baptist Columbia) 2017 (as Prisma Health Baptist Hospital) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in South Carolina |
Prisma Health Baptist Hospital (Formerly Baptist Medical Center and Palmetto Health Baptist Columbia) is a 489-bed acute-care facility located at the intersection of Taylor and Marion Streets in Downtown Columbia, South Carolina. The hospital was established in 1914 as South Carolina Baptist Hospital by the South Carolina Baptist Convention after the widow of Dr. Augustus B. Knowlton, a prominent Columbia physician, asked the church to purchase the hospital, at that time a 70-bed facility on Marion St., that she and her husband started. Over the years, the hospital expanded and grew as additional services were offered. In 1998, Baptist Medical Center merged with Richland Memorial Hospital to form Palmetto Health. It is now owned and operated by Prisma Health, the largest not-for profit hospital operator in South Carolina.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Prisma Health Baptist Hospital". Palmetto Health.
- Prisma Health
- Buildings and structures in Columbia, South Carolina
- Teaching hospitals in South Carolina
- Baptist hospitals
- Hospitals established in 1914
- Southern United States hospital stubs
- Columbia, South Carolina building and structure stubs