St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center

St. Patrick Hospital
Providence Health & Services

St. Patrick Hospital 2004
Geography
Location Missoula, Montana, United States
Coordinates 46°52′32″N 114°00′00″W / 46.8755°N 114.0000°W / 46.8755; -114.0000Coordinates: 46°52′32″N 114°00′00″W / 46.8755°N 114.0000°W / 46.8755; -114.0000
Organization
Funding Not-for-profit
Services
Emergency department Level II trauma center
Helipad Yes
Beds 237
History
Founded 1873
Links
Website http://www.saintpatrick.org
Lists Hospitals in Montana

St. Patrick Hospital, is a healthcare facility in Missoula, Montana.

Overview

St. Patrick Hospital is the only level II trauma center in western Montana, northern Idaho, and Southwest Montana.[1] The hospital employs more than 1,600 people and is the second largest employer in the Missoula area.[2] It has 237 beds,[3] and is the only hospital in western Montana other than Community Medical Center that has helicopter facilities.[4]

St. Patrick Hospital also hosts the International Heart Institute.[5] St. Patrick Hospital is located in the Downtown Missoula district; Missoula a thriving city, and college town that has around 70,000 people in its primary city and around 111,000 people in Missoula County, Montana

The present facility opened in 1984, and is the fourth on the property, which sits above the Clark Fork River. The name was officially changed from "St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center" to "St. Patrick Hospital" in July 2011.

Broadway Building

Connected to the south end of St. Patrick Hospital is the Broadway Building, which is a 6 floor medical building with two underground parking lots. It was completed in March 2002 and has stood as one of the tallest buildings in Western Montana since its completion. The building replaced the old Broadway Building, and the new building obtained the same name.

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