Hunterdon Medical Center
Hunterdon Medical Center | |
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Geography | |
Location | Raritan Township, New Jersey, United States |
Organization | |
Type | Community |
Affiliated university | UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
Services | |
Emergency department | JCAHO accredited |
Beds | 178 |
History | |
Opened | 1946 |
Links | |
Website | http://www.hunterdonhealthcare.org |
Hunterdon Medical Center is a 178-bed non-profit community hospital located in Raritan Township, New Jersey near Flemington.
Hunterdon Medical Center was founded in 1946 and opened in 1953, a culmination of efforts by the Hunterdon County Board of Agriculture to provide rural medical care to the region. Hunterdon at the time was the only county in the state without a hospital.[1]
Since 1972 Hunterdon Medical Center been affiliated with the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. A three-year Family Medicine Residency Program is offered through this teaching affiliation.[2]
Hunterdon Medical Center is located near Route 31 on Wescott Drive, named in honor of one of its founders, Lloyd Wescott. Hunterdon Medical Center was also where Charles Cullen a confessed serial killer worked as a male nurse.
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- ^ "Family Medicine Residency". Hunterdon Medical Center. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
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