Methodist University Hospital is a hospital located in
Memphis
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Tennessee
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which is a part of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. It is affiliated with
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is a public medical school in Memphis, Tennessee. It includes the Colleges of Health Professions, University of Tennessee College of Dentistry, Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Univer ...
as a
teaching hospital
A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical centre that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-located ...
. The hospital focuses on oncology, cardiology, head and neck surgery, neurology and transplants. It is the largest and most comprehensive hospital in the Methodist Healthcare system.
History
On June 23, 1918, John H. Sherard Sr, a wealthy cotton planter from
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
, founded Methodist University Hospital, then called Methodist Hospital, after receiving the Lucy Brinkley Hospital, a women's hospital located at 855 Union Avenue, as a gift.
The hospital later became Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, a healthcare system which operates a network of hospitals.
The hospital originally did not have an ambulance system and relied on "funeral homes' ambulance services to get patients to emergency care".
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare was ranked 91 of the top 100 best companies to work for in 2018.
The healthcare system has been criticized for its pursuit of payment from poor patients. In July 2007, Carrie Barrett went to the emergency room at Methodist University Hospital complaining about shortness of breath, swelling of legs and black discoloration of her toes. Her two night say cost $12,019. After a lawsuit was filed against her, she ended owing approximately $33,000. Between 2014 and 2018 Methodist Healthcare filed over 8,300 lawsuits.
See also
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List of hospitals in Tennessee
List of hospitals in Tennessee (U.S. state), sorted alphabetically.
Operating
*Ashland City Medical Center
*Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women
*St. Johns & Mary Specialist Children Hospital
* Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women (Memphis)
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1918 establishments in Tennessee
Hospitals established in 1918
Hospitals in Memphis, Tennessee
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