St. Vincent's Health System, based in

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hospitals located in the Birmingham area and a health ministry of

Ascension Health Ascension is a large private Catholic healthcare system in the United States. Ascension had 142,000 employees, 142 hospitals, and 40 senior living facilities operating in 19 states and the District of Columbia as of the end of 2021. Ascension ...

. 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

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, 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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