| MUSC Health University Medical Center | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Charleston, South Carolina, USA |
| Coordinates | 32°47′10″N 79°56′52″W / 32.78611°N 79.94778°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public |
| Type | General and Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Medical University of South Carolina |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Beds | 865 Licensed Beds[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1850 as Roper Hospital 1955 as Medical College of South Carolina Hospital 1985 as MUSC Medical Center |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.muschealth.org |
MUSC Health University Medical Center is a university hospital associated with the Medical University of South Carolina, based in Charleston, South Carolina.
In 1946 the South Carolina General Assembly passed a $4 million bill to construct a new teaching hospital that was brought under the control of the Medical College of South Carolina. Construction began in 1951 and the Medical College of South Carolina Hospital was completed and dedicated on May 10, 1955 and opened its doors to its first patients on September 26, 1955. It was later renamed Medical University of South Carolina Hospital and is now MUSC Health University Medical Center.
The transplant Center ranked as one of the top ten organ transplantation centers in the nation. The MUSC Health Transplant Center is supported by the only HLA Laboratory in South Carolina. MUSC Health Medical Center is a Level I Trauma Center and is the regional referral center for the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
Notes
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-12-22. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
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