Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center
Hospital in Bellingham, Washington From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center (commonly shortened to St. Joe's)[2] is a hospital operated by PeaceHealth in Bellingham, Washington. Its trauma center is the Haggen Family Emergency and Trauma Center, a level II trauma center.[3]
The hospital provides general medical care, as well as specialized treatment for heart and joint conditions and cancer.[4] It is the only hospital in Whatcom County.[5] They have 251 licensed beds.[6]
Remove ads
History
St. Joseph Hospital was opened in January 1891, established by nuns of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace; it was the first hospital established by what is now PeaceHealth.[7] St. Joseph was originally located in a two-story home in Fairhaven with 30 beds. The hospital moved to their first permanent home—on Forest Street—in 1901. It moved to a suburban campus in 1966 centered around an 81-bed building. St. Joseph acquired the crosstown St. Luke's Hospital in 1989 after the two hospitals agreed to end their long rivalry.[8]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital changed its visitation policies multiple times, but opened patients to one visitor at a time starting in September 2022 and two visitors starting in October of that year.[9][10]
Remove ads
Helipad
The hospital's helipad[b] is often used to airlift patients to Harborview Medical Center,[12] the only level I trauma center in the state. Medical airlift services at St. Joseph are operated by AirLift Northwest[13] and Life Flight Network.[14]
Remove ads
Rankings
The hospital was ranked number 9 in the state of Washington by U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Rankings.[15]
Notes
- The hospital is served by WTA's route Hospital/Cordata – Hospital/Downtown[1]
- Officially registered with the Federal Aviation Administration as "ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL MAIN CAMPUS HELIPORT"[11]
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads