Presbyterian Healthcare Services is a private not-for-profit health care system and

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in the State of

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. It owns and operates 8 hospitals in 7 New Mexico communities. It also operates Presbyterian Health Plan.

History

The Sanitarium in 1911 In 1908, Rev. Hugh A. Cooper, a

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in Albuquerque founded the Southwest Presbyterian

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, a facility for the hundreds of

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patients coming to Albuquerque. By 1950, with tuberculosis under control, its future became in doubt. The board of directors hired a professional hospital administrator to help manage the institution. A new administrator brought a new focus, and a new name: The Presbyterian Hospital Center. Presbyterian Healthcare Services also named its administration center as the Rev. Hugh A Cooper Administration Center after its founder. This building located near the

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Park, houses the executives of the organization as well as 2,500+ permanent and contracted employees with a daily visitation of up to 3,500+ employees, patients, contractors and customers at its administration center. The Presbyterian Hospital Center grew through the 1960s and 1970s: Kaseman Hospital, a satellite facility in northeastern Albuquerque opened, the state's first HMO health plan was established, a statewide multi-hospital system was formed. The Presbyterian Hospital Center was renamed Southwestern Community Health Services, and finally the present Presbyterian Hospital

Hospitals

Rust Medical Center opened in 2011 * Presbyterian Downtown Hospital Albuquerque (453 beds) * Presbyterian–Kaseman Hospital Albuquerque *

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Clovis (106 beds) * Presbyterian–Espanola Hospital Espanola (80 beds) * Presbyterian–Rust Medical Center

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(162 beds) * Lincoln County Medical Center Ruidoso (39 beds) * Socorro General Hospital Socorro (25 beds) * Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital Tucumcari (25 beds) *Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center Santa Fe (30 beds)

References

External links

Presbyterian Hospital and Health Plan
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