St. Vincent's Health System, based in Birmingham, Alabama, United States is an operator of acute care hospitals located in the Birmingham area and a health ministry of

Ascension Health Ascension is one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, ranking second in the United States by number of hospitals as of 2019. It was founded as a nonprofit Catholic healthcare network in 1999. By the end of 2021, Asc ...

. St. Vincent's Health System is made up of six facilities: St. Vincent's Birmingham, St. Vincent's Blount, St. Vincent's Chilton, St. Vincent's East, St. Vincent's St. Clair, and St. Vincent's One Nineteen. The company employs over 4,700 people throughout its six facilities.

History

St. Vincent's Hospital (now St. Vincent's Birmingham) was founded in 1898 and is Birmingham's oldest hospital. It was founded by the Daughters of Charity and named after the 17th century Parisian

St. Vincent de Paul Vincent de Paul, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660), commonly known as Saint Vincent de Paul, was a Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor. In 1622 Vincent was appointed a chaplain to the galleys. Afte ...

, who started the Daughters of Charity in 1633. In 1999, it was part of the founding of Ascension Health. In July 2007, St. Vincent's Hospital merged with Eastern Health System to become St. Vincent's Health System. In 2017, its hospitals' names were changed to Ascension St. Vincent, along with Providence Hospitals. In June 2024, UAB Health System announced it will purchase Ascension St. Vincent's Health System for $450 million.

Facilities

* St. Vincent's Birmingham * St. Vincent's Blount * St. Vincent's East * St. Vincent's St. Clair * St. Vincent's One Nineteen * St. Vincent's Chilton

References

External links

www.stvhs.com

Ascension Health web site
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