Pennsylvania Hospital

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Pennsylvania Hospital is a historic Philadelphia medical center, founded in 1751 as the nation’s first hospital and now a major teaching institution within the Penn Medicine health system.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic building
hospital
teaching hospital
affiliatedWith Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
alsoKnownAs Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System
Pennsylvania Hospital, Penn Medicine
architecturalStyle Georgian
bedCount approximately 500
cityServed Philadelphia metropolitan area
coordinates 39.944°N 75.155°W
country United States
foundedAs Pennsylvania Hospital for the Relief of the Sick and Miserable Poor
foundedBy Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Bond
foundingYear 1751
governingBody Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Health System
hasCampus historic Pine Building campus
modern clinical buildings complex
hasEmergencyService yes
hasMotto Take Care of the Patient First
hasPart Pennsylvania Hospital Historic Library
Pennsylvania Hospital Physic Garden
Pennsylvania Hospital Surgical Amphitheatre
Pine Building
hasSpecialty cardiology
general medicine
obstetrics and gynecology
oncology
psychiatry
surgery
hasWebsite https://www.pennmedicine.org/locations/pennsylvania-hospital
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
inception 1751
isFirst first chartered public hospital in America
first hospital in the United States
locatedIn Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
network University of Pennsylvania Health System
notableCollection art collection including works by Benjamin West
historic medical library
notableFeature one of the oldest surgical amphitheatres in continuous existence in North America
openedToPublic 1752
ownedBy University of Pennsylvania Health System
partOf Penn Medicine
regionServed Delaware Valley
streetAddress 800 Spruce Street
type non-profit hospital

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Pennsylvania Hospital ("Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System")
Pennsylvania Hospital ("Pennsylvania Hospital, Penn Medicine")
alsoKnownAs
Pennsylvania Hospital ("Pennsylvania Hospital Historic Library")
Pennsylvania Hospital ("Pennsylvania Hospital Surgical Amphitheatre")
hasPart
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
associatedHospital
Pennsylvania Hospital ("Pennsylvania Hospital for the Relief of the Sick and Miserable Poor")
foundedAs
Penn Medicine
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