Bridgeport Hospital
| Bridgeport Hospital | |||||||||
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| Yale New Haven Health System | |||||||||
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 The front entrance of the Bridgeport Hospital | |||||||||
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| Geography | |||||||||
| Location | Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°11′20″N 73°09′59″W / 41.1888°N 73.1664°W | ||||||||
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| Care system | Private | ||||||||
| Yale University School of Medicine | |||||||||
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| Standards | American College of Surgeons Joint Commission | ||||||||
| Level II trauma center | |||||||||
| Beds | 501 | ||||||||
| Helipads | |||||||||
| Helipad | FAA LID: 0CT7 | ||||||||
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| History | |||||||||
| Founded | 1878 | ||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||
| Lists | Hospitals in Connecticut |
Bridgeport Hospital is a not-for-profit general medical and surgical hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It is a member of Yale New Haven Health System and affiliated with Yale School of Medicine.[1]
History
[edit]In the 1870s, Dr. George Lewis, a physician practicing in the city, persuaded his aunt, Susan Hubbell, to bequeath $13,500 and an acre at the summit of Mill Hill for the construction of a hospital, the first in Fairfield County, and only the third in the state. Before Bridgeport Hospital, "the closest thing to a hospital in the city was a facility in the basement of the future police headquarters, where infection and mortality rates were high among the emergency patients and poor residents who received care there," according to the hospital's web site.[2]
The hospital was founded in 1878 when Bridgeport Mayor P.T. Barnum and other community leaders received approval from the state legislature to incorporate the institution. When a board of directors was named soon afterward, Barnum was elected its first president.[3] Construction on the present site began in 1883 to designs by local architects Lambert & Bunnell.[4] On November 12, 1884, the new hospital began treating patients.[2]
Description
[edit]Bridgeport Hospital has 501 beds on two campuses, plus 42 beds licensed to Yale New Haven Children's Hospital. It has more than 2,900 employees and more than 1,110 physicians representing more than 60 sub-specialties and 230 medical/surgical residents and fellows in programs affiliated with Yale School of Medicine.[5]
The hospital operates a second campus on the site of the former Milford Hospital in Milford, Connecticut, which was integrated with Bridgeport Hospital by Yale New Haven Health in June 2019.[6]
Bridgeport Hospital is an American College of Surgeons-certified Level II trauma center.[7] and is equipped with a helipad.[8] During 2018, Bridgeport Hospital received professional recognition for diabetes treatment,[9] and local economic partnership.[10]
In its 2020 fiscal year, the hospital had 21,686 inpatient discharges and 75,634 emergency department visits.[11] The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission.[12]
Tele ICU
[edit]Bridgeport is one of a growing number of hospitals in the US running an Intensive Care Unit via a teledoctor.[13] In April 2026, the hospital was sued by the parents of a young man who died in 2025 while in that Tele ICU; the parents say their son died after being brought in for stomach distress, and that there were not told that their son was in the ICU but was never seen by a real on-site doctor qualified to provide him the care he needed. He died that night without his parents being informed of his condition.[14]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Bridgeport Hospital Details". US News Best Hospitals. U.S. News & World Report. July 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
- 1 2 "Expertise and Compassion Since 1878". Bridgeport Hospital. Yale New Haven Health. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
- ↑ Cavanaugh, Jack (June 21, 1998). "Five Rings for the P. T. Barnum Festival". New York Times. New York. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
BARBARA KRAM, executive director of the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, knows a lot about P. T. Barnum – mayor of Bridgeport, member of the Connecticut legislature, founder and first president of Bridgeport Hospital, president of the city's water company and, of course, one of the world's foremost showmen.
- ↑ American Architect and Building News 14 July 1883: 24.
- ↑ "About Bridgeport Hospital". Bridgeport Hospital. Yale New Haven Health. August 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ↑ "State approves integration of Bridgeport and Milford hospitals". Connecticut Post. June 7, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
- ↑ "Trauma Centers". American College of Surgeons.
- ↑ "Emergency Services & the Children's Emergency Center - Bridgeport Hospital, CT". Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
- ↑ "Bridgeport Hospital gets award for diabetes treatment". Connecticut Post. June 17, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ↑ Amanda Cuda (June 3, 2018). "Bridgeport Hospital president gets United Way award". Connecticut Post. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ↑ "Bridgeport Hospital Annual Report 2020" (PDF). July 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ↑ "Bridgeport Hospital Overview". U.S. News & World Report. US News Best Hospitals. July 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
- ↑ Randhawa, PJ; Lesniak, Leigh (May 6, 2026). "Pronounced dead by a remote doctor: Tele‑ICUs expand nationwide, including in Illinois". NBC Chicago. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ Matarazzo Jr., Bruno (April 2, 2026). "North Haven dental student died after Bridgeport Hospital put him in 'fake ICU,' lawsuit says". Connecticut Insider. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
