Englewood Hospital

Englewood Hospital is a teaching hospital. Construction began in November 1889. The first patient was admitted on June 25, 1890. It expanded in 1901 to include a Men, Women, and Children Ward. In 1906 it included a maternity ward and by 1915 a contagious disease ward opened. By 1930 the School of Nursing was housed in the hospital. In the 1940s the hospital started the country's first blood bank for whole blood. Gynecological, bronchoscopy, gastroscopy, and cardiac clinics were established. By 1965 Public Health Services Department and an emergency center were added. In the 1970s, a neuroscience center, a vascular surgery program, and a diabetes program were included. The hospital was the first in the state to install an MRI machine in the 1980s. It was the only hospital in New Jersey in 1986 to participate in the federally funded Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction study. It was the first New Jersey Hospital to become an affiliate of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The hospital is also known for its' bloodless surgery program.

“Our History.” Englewood Health, 23 Mar. 2022.

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