Prisma Health Richland Hospital is a

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Columbia, South Carolina Columbia is the capital of the U.S. state of South Carolina. With a population of 136,632 at the 2020 census, it is the second-largest city in South Carolina. The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, and a portion of the city ...

that is part of

Prisma Health Prisma Health is a not-for-profit health organization in South Carolina, formed by the merging of Palmetto Health and the Greenville Health System in November 2017. Its headquarters are on the property of Greenville Memorial Hospital in Gree ...

. Prisma Health Richland hospital was originally established in 1892 as Columbia Hospital and was one of the first hospitals in the city. Over the years, with the growth of Columbia and the arrival of Fort Jackson, the hospital expanded. It outgrew its original location on Harden St. by the 1960s. Later renamed Richland Memorial Hospital it is moved in 1972 to its present location near the intersection of Bull St. and Harden St. Extension. Today, Prisma Health Richland is one of the largest hospitals in the state with over 20 specialties. It is affiliated with the University of South Carolina, training future doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. It is the regional referral center for the Midlands of South Carolina and is the site of

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' first

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Center. The hospital also has a Total Joint Center for hip and knee replacements and, since 2007, a

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Center specializing in

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surgery.

Prisma Health Heart Hospital

In January 2006, the 124 inpatient bed Prisma Health Heart Hospital, located on the Richland campus, opened its doors. The $80 million, hospital is the state's only freestanding facility specializing only in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

LifeNet South Carolina

The Palmetto Richland was home to CareForce, an emergency and critical-care-transport

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service, founded in 1998. It had two helicopter in its fleet, a

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owned by Palmetto Health and a

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shared by

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Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...

and

Clarendon County Memorial Hospital Clarendon may refer to: Places Australia *Clarendon, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney *Clarendon, Queensland, a rural locality in the Somerset Region *Clarendon, South Australia *Clarendon, Victoria, in the Shire of Moorabool *Clarendon County ...

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. On May 1, 2007, CareForce merged with Life Reach, which provided services to the Providence Heart Institute, a hospital of the

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Ministry.

References

External links

Prisma Health's Website
{{authority control Hospital buildings completed in 1892 Hospital buildings completed in 1972 Teaching hospitals in South Carolina Prisma Health University of South Carolina Companies based in Columbia, South Carolina