Sisters of Charity Hospital

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Sisters of Charity Hospital was the first hospital in Buffalo, New York and opened its doors in 1848 after Bishop John Timon traveled to Baltimore to ask for help from the Sisters of Charity, six of the sisters came to Buffalo and started Sisters of Charity Hospital in an old brick school house that Bishop Timon had purchased for the sisters to turn into a hospital. Called to reveal the healing love of Jesus to those in need, the core values are reverence, compassion, justice and excellence. Location Sisters of Charity Hospital is a not-for-profit, acute care teaching hospital located at 2157 Main Street in Buffalo, New York. Sisters is a member of Catholic Health of WNY (Catholic Health -Sisters Hospital Foundation). They are also a member of Catholic Health East, a multi-institutional Catholic health system, which is co-sponsored by seven religious congregations, and Hope Ministries, a Public Juridic Person within Catholic Health East. Based in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, the System provides the means to ensure the continuation of the Catholic identity and operational strength of the sponsors' health ministries, which are located within 11 eastern states from Maine to Florida. (About Catholic Health East). Size of facility Sisters of Charity Main Street Campus has 413 beds at, making them accountable for over half of the 825 beds licensed to Catholic Health. There are more than 35 different services offered at the campus and more than 900 doctors that are affiliated with Catholic Health. Population Served Sisters Hospital serves mainly inner city residence in Buffalo; the obstetrics department does serve not only the inner city, but many of the surrounding areas, because it is one of only 4 hospitals that deliver babies in the Western New York area. Services offered Sisters of Charity Hospital offers services including: Ambulatory Holter Monitor,

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