St. Vincent's Medical Center (Bridgeport)


St. Vincent's Medical Center is a 473-bed tertiary care Catholic hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It caters to a large population in Southern Connecticut and provides comprehensive and advanced medical services.
The hospital is now controlled by Hartford HealthCare, Connecticut's most comprehensive health system.

Size and services

The hospital has a medical staff of 450 physicians and has a total of more than 1,800 employees.
St. Vincent's website says the institution has "one of the largest angioplasty programs in New England," a bariatric surgery center, and extensive cancer and orthopedic services.
The hospital also has a "contemporary" Family Birthing Center with private rooms for labor, delivery and recovery, a private bathroom and sleeping accommodations for the father, and an entertainment center.
Psychiatric services include an on-site psychiatric unit for acute care and the Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services an inpatient and outpatient behavioral health facility in Westport, Connecticut.
St. Vincent's is affiliated with Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. In 2016 St. Vincent's announced a deal with Veterans Choice Program to provide healthcare to veterans.

St. Vincent's College

St. Vincent's Medical Center ran St. Vincent's College, which offers associate degrees in General Studies, Medical Assisting, Nursing, and Radiography. St. Vincent's College also offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Radiologic Sciences and a RN to BSN program.
The school also offered certificates in the following subjects: Central Sterile Processing Technician, Healthcare Management, Healthcare Reimbursement Specialist, Health Promotion, Hospital Coding Specialist, Medical Assisting, Medical Office Assistant, Multi-Skilled Assistant, Navigator Certificate Program,
Pharmacy Technician and an RN Refresher.
In 2017, the college was acquired by neighboring Sacred Heart University of Fairfield. It is now known as St Vincent's College at Sacred Heart University.

History

The hospital was founded by the Daughters of Charity religious order and incorporated on May 19, 1903. Its first building had 75 beds and was built at a cost of $250,000. It opened its doors on June 28, 1905; more than 70 patients were treated by the end of that first day.
On Easter Sunday, April 17, 1976, a new hospital building opened just behind the original one. That day, William J. Riordan, then president and chief executive officer of the hospital, directed the transfer of 209 patients to the new structure, a building nearly twice the size of the old one.
When the move was made to the new building, the hospital's name was changed from St. Vincent's Hospital to St. Vincent's Medical Center.