Southwest Hospital and Medical Center was a hospital located in
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and dates its origin to 1943 when
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and the
Society of Catholic Medical Missionaries established the Catholic Colored Clinic in response to the lack of adequate
medical care in southwest Atlanta. It later became known as the Holy Family Hospital before becoming a secular institution.
Southwest Hospital was a private,
not for profit,
health care organization. It was a licensed 125-bed
acute-care facility, accredited by the
Joint Commission. SWH's medical staff includes over 200
physicians specializing in many
fields of medicine. The hospital and its physicians participated in numerous
managed care
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and other
health insurance
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plans throughout
Metro Atlanta.
The hospital was closed on January 16, 2009, due to
credit market conditions. The renovated property was reopened in October 2014 as the Atlanta Center for Medical Research.
References
Defunct hospitals in Atlanta
Hospitals established in 1943
1943 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Hospitals disestablished in 2009
2009 disestablishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Historically black hospitals in the United States
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