St. Vincent Hospital is a
hospital
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in
Indianapolis, Indiana
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,
US. It is the flagship installation of
St. Vincent Health
A member of Ascension Health, the USA’s largest not-for-profit and Catholic Healthcare System, St. Vincent Health contains 18 health ministries serving 45 counties in Indiana.
Facilities
Reducing disparities
In 2001, St. Vincent Health impl ...
which operates 22 facilities over 46 Indiana counties and is one of the largest ministries in the
Catholic
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health care organization
Ascension.
History
Driven by the faith of four
Daughters of Charity who arrived in Indianapolis in 1881 with $34.77 in their pockets, St. Vincent was built in 1974. The hospital has grown to include six "Centers of Excellence": Women's, Children's, Orthopedics, Cardiovascular, Neuroscience and Cancer Care.
Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent
Built in 2004, Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent has more than 300 pediatric specialists, 46 private inpatient rooms, 15 private rooms in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and 17 private rooms in the Hilbert Pediatric Emergency Department – the first pediatric emergency room in Indiana.
The pediatric specialists and clinical staff at the children's hospital provide care in emergency medicine, cancer and blood diseases, general surgery, cardiology, orthopedics, pulmonology, otolaryngology, rehabilitation and endocrinology.
Since 1998, former
NFL
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Peyton Manning
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has had a public and private relationship with St. Vincent. On September 5, 2007, Manning partnered with St. Vincent to announce the renaming of St. Vincent Children's Hospital to Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent.
See also
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List of hospitals in Indianapolis
This list of hospitals in Indianapolis includes more than 20 existing and ten former hospitals located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Most of the city's medical facilities belong to three private, non-profit healthcare systems: Ascensi ...
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List of stroke centers in the United States
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List of trauma centers in the United States
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This is a list of hospitals in the United States that are verified as trauma centers by the American College of Surgeons
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List of children's hospitals in the United States
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References
External links
www.stvincent.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
Hospital buildings completed in 1913
Catholic hospitals in North America
Hospitals in Indiana
Healthcare in Indianapolis
1881 establishments in Indiana
Trauma centers