List of hospitals in Delaware explained
This is a list of hospitals in Delaware, a United States state. According to the American Hospital Directory, there were 17 hospitals in Delaware in 2020.[1]
Hospitals
Historic hospitals
- City Hospital - Wilmington
- Established in 1871
- Located on Franklin Street, between Seventh and Eighth Streets
- Delaware Hospital - Wilmington
- Provided facility for MCD nursing school
- Most services moved when MCD opened Christiana Hospital
- All remaining MCD facilities in the city relocated to building and renamed Wilmington Hospital
- Fort Delaware Hospital - near Delaware City
- Served as medical facility for Confederate POWs and Union troops
- Closed at end of Civil War
- Now part of Fort Delaware State Park
- There was a hospital at Ft. Dupont, near Delaware City. The building still exists but has been closed up and unused for many years.
- Heald's Hygeian Home for the Treatment of Patients
- Established in 1871
- Located at Shallcross Avenue and Van Buren Street
- Closed in 1886; a year later the building became the new Homeopathic Hospital, later renamed Wilmington Memorial
- Riverside Hospital - Wilmington
- Osteopathic hospital for Delaware
- MCD purchased hospital when financial difficulties were encountered
- Facility now run by Christiana Care as a rehab and outpatient facility
- Tilton Hospital - Wilmington
- Wilmington General Hospital - Wilmington
- Former maternity hospital for Northern Delaware
- After NAACP injunction lifted, MCD closed facility when opening Christiana Hospital
- Facility demolished and replaced by Towne Estates Condos in Bayard Square neighborhood
- Wilmington Memorial Hospital - Wilmington
- General surgical hospital for Northern Delaware
- After NAACP injunction lifted, MCD closed facility when opening Christiana Hospital
- Facility demolished and replaced by condo tower in Trolley Square neighborhood
Notes and References
- Web site: Hospitals in Delaware. American Hospital Directory. April 30, 2020.
