St. Vincent Medical Center (Los Angeles)

St. Vincent Medical Center
Daughters of Charity Health System
Geography
Location Third and Alvarado Streets, Los Angeles, California, United States
Organization
Care system Private
Hospital type Community
Affiliated university None
Services
Beds 381
History
Founded 1856
Links
Website www.stvincentmedicalcenter.com
Lists Hospitals in California

St. Vincent Medical Center (SVMC) is a hospital in Los Angeles, California.

History

Founded in 1856 as the Los Angeles Infirmary by the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, St. Vincent Medical Center was the first hospital in Los Angeles. The name was changed in 1918 to St. Vincent's Hospital. The name was changed again in 1974 to St. Vincent's Medical Center following the construction of a new hospital. In 1995, the Daughters of Charity National Healthcare System sold SVMC to Catholic Healthcare West. In 2002, CHW sold the hospital to the newly established Daughters of Charity Health System.[1] In 2014, the hospital agreed to be purchased by Prime Healthcare Services as part a sale of all six hospitals in the financially-troubled Daughters of Charity Health System. Although the sale was approved by then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris, Prime ultimately backed out of the purchase agreement citing onerous approval conditions. In 2015, Harris approved a new deal with BlueMountain Capital, under which the hospital system changed their name to Verity Health System. The hospitals remained nonprofit, but are no longer Catholic.[2]

Notable Deaths

References

  1. ↑ "History of St. Vincent Medical Center". Archived from the original on April 1, 2007. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Daughters of Charity Health System closes deal with hedge fund". Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  3. ↑ Chang, Andrea (July 21, 2018), "Los Angeles Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold dies at 57", The Los Angeles Times

Coordinates: 34°03′50″N 118°16′25″W / 34.063802°N 118.273689°W / 34.063802; -118.273689


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