St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
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St. Vincent Hospital is a hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. It is the flagship installation of St. Vincent Health which operates 22 facilities over 46 Indiana counties and is one of the largest ministries in the Catholic health care organization Ascension Health.
History
Driven by the faith of four Daughters of Charity who arrived in Indianapolis in 1881 with $34.77 in their pockets,[1] St. Vincent has grown to include six "Centers of Excellence": Women's, Children's, Orthopedics, Cardiovascular, Neuroscience and Cancer Care.
Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent
Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent has more than 300 pediatric specialists, 46 private inpatient rooms, 15 private rooms in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and 17 private rooms in the Hilbert Pediatric Emergency Department – the first pediatric ER in Indiana.
The pediatric specialists and clinical staff at the children’s hospital provide care in emergency medicine, cancer and blood diseases, general surgery, cardiology, orthopedics, pulmonology, otolaryngology, rehabilitation and endocrinology.
Since 1998, former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has had a public and private relationship with St. Vincent. On Sept. 5, 2007, the former Indianapolis Colts Quarterback reinforced his commitment to the children of Indiana by partnering with St. Vincent to announce the renaming of St. Vincent Children's Hospital to Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent.[2]
References
- ^ "St. Vincent Hospital & Health Services" (PDF). Indiana History. Indiana Historical Society. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
- ^ "Children's hospital named after Peyton Manning". Retrieved 2016-06-23.