Bellevue Hospital Center, Public hospital in First Avenue, Manhattan, United States
Bellevue Hospital Center is a public hospital on First Avenue in Manhattan, spreading across three city blocks with several buildings. The medical complex holds more than eight hundred beds and employs several thousand staff across numerous specialized departments.
The facility began in 1736 as a six-bed infirmary inside the city almshouse and later became the oldest continuously operating public hospital in the United States. During the 19th century, it introduced several medical innovations and expanded its role in urban healthcare.
The medical center maintains educational partnerships with major institutions, providing training opportunities for future healthcare professionals while advancing medical research and knowledge.
Patients reach the hospital through entrances on First Avenue between 26th and 29th Streets, with different departments housed in separate buildings. A physician referral is generally required to access specialized services.
The hospital opened the country's first maternity ward in 1799 and performed the first successful femoral artery ligation to treat an aneurysm a few decades later. Both milestones marked important advances in American obstetrics and vascular surgery.
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