St. Joseph's Hospital (Tampa, Florida)
Hospital in Florida, United States
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St. Joseph's Hospital is a private, not-for-profit 615-bed[1][2] community hospital in Tampa, Florida.[3] It was founded by the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany in 1934,[1][4] and was part of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany Health System alongside St. Anthony's Hospital in neighboring St. Petersburg. Both became part of the BayCare Health System in July 1997.[5]
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 Entrance to the Emergency Center at St. Joseph's Hospital | |||||||||||||||
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| Geography | |||||||||||||||
| Location | 3001 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Tampa, Florida, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°58′55.24″N 82°29′29.80″W | ||||||||||||||
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| Care system | Private | ||||||||||||||
| Type | Community | ||||||||||||||
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||||||
| Affiliated university | None | ||||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||||
| Emergency department | Level II Adult Trauma Center / Level II Pediatric Trauma Center | ||||||||||||||
| Beds | 615 | ||||||||||||||
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| Helipad | FAA LID: FL38 | ||||||||||||||
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| Construction started | 1963 | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1934 | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | stjosephstampa | ||||||||||||||
| Lists | Hospitals in Florida | ||||||||||||||
The St. Joseph's Emergency Center claims to be the busiest in Tampa Bay, with 74,790 ER visits in 2023,[1] and is a Level II trauma center.[6]
History
The hospital was originally opened in July 1932[7] by Dr. W. H. Dyer as Tampa Heights Hospital[8] who operated the 1st and 2nd floors as a clinic.
It was acquired by the Franciscan Sisters in the Fall of 1933.[9] A $150,000 renovation followed, with a modern fourth floor suite of operating rooms, x-ray rooms, a pharmacy, morgue, and doctors’ quarters added, with the finished facility said to be capable of accommodating 100 patients.[10] The refurbished hospital, located at the corner of Morgan Street and 7th Avenue,[10] was relaunched as St. Joseph's Hospital on October 1, 1934.[11]
The current location opened on March 19, 1967,[11] on what was then known as Buffalo Avenue.