List of hospitals in Delaware

This is a list of hospitals in Delaware, a United States state. According to the American Hospital Directory, there were 17 hospitals in Delaware in 2020.[1]

Hospitals

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Historic hospitals

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  • City Hospital - Wilmington
    • Established in 1871
    • Located on Franklin Street, between Seventh and Eighth Streets
  • Delaware Hospital - Wilmington
    • Provided facility for MCD nursing school
    • Most services moved when MCD opened Christiana Hospital
    • All remaining MCD facilities in the city relocated to building and renamed Wilmington Hospital
  • Fort Delaware Hospital - near Delaware City
    • Served as medical facility for Confederate POWs and Union troops
    • Closed at end of Civil War
    • Now part of Fort Delaware State Park
    • There was a hospital at Ft. Dupont, near Delaware City. The building still exists but has been closed up and unused for many years.
  • Heald's Hygeian Home for the Treatment of Patients
    • Established in 1871
    • Located at Shallcross Avenue and Van Buren Street
    • Closed in 1886; a year later the building became the new Homeopathic Hospital, later renamed Wilmington Memorial
  • Riverside Hospital - Wilmington
    • Osteopathic hospital for Delaware
    • MCD purchased hospital when financial difficulties were encountered
    • Facility now run by Christiana Care as a rehab and outpatient facility
  • Tilton Hospital - Wilmington
  • Wilmington General Hospital - Wilmington
    • Former maternity hospital for Northern Delaware
    • After NAACP injunction lifted, MCD closed facility when opening Christiana Hospital
    • Facility demolished and replaced by Towne Estates Condos in Bayard Square neighborhood
  • Wilmington Memorial Hospital - Wilmington
    • General surgical hospital for Northern Delaware
    • After NAACP injunction lifted, MCD closed facility when opening Christiana Hospital
    • Facility demolished and replaced by condo tower in Trolley Square neighborhood

References

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  1. ^ "Hospitals in Delaware". American Hospital Directory. Retrieved April 30, 2020.