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List of hospitals in Delaware

This is a list of hospitals in Delaware, a United States state. According to the American Hospital Directory, there were 17 hospitals in Delaware in 2020.

Hospitals

Historic hospitals

  • City Hospital - Wilmington
  • Established in 1871
  • Located on Franklin Street, between Seventh and Eighth Streets
  • Delaware Hospital - Wilmington
  • Provided facility for MCD nursing school
  • Most services moved when MCD opened Christiana Hospital
  • All remaining MCD facilities in the city relocated to building and renamed Wilmington Hospital
  • Fort Delaware Hospital - near Delaware City
  • Served as medical facility for Confederate POWs and Union troops
  • Closed at end of Civil War
  • Now part of Fort Delaware State Park
  • There was a hospital at Ft. Dupont, near Delaware City. The building still exists but has been closed up and unused for many years.
  • Heald's Hygeian Home for the Treatment of Patients
  • Established in 1871
  • Located at Shallcross Avenue and Van Buren Street
  • Closed in 1886; a year later the building became the new Homeopathic Hospital, later renamed Wilmington Memorial
  • Riverside Hospital - Wilmington
  • Osteopathic hospital for Delaware
  • MCD purchased hospital when financial difficulties were encountered
  • Facility now run by Christiana Care as a rehab and outpatient facility
  • Tilton Hospital - Wilmington
  • Named after Dr. James Tilton, Surgeon General of the United States Army during the War of 1812
  • Built in 1863 for Delaware soldiers in the American Civil War
  • Occupied block bounded by Ninth, Tenth, Tatnall, and West Streets
  • Closed in fall 1865
  • Wilmington General Hospital - Wilmington
  • Former maternity hospital for Northern Delaware
  • After NAACP injunction lifted, MCD closed facility when opening Christiana Hospital
  • Facility demolished and replaced by Towne Estates Condos in Bayard Square neighborhood
  • Wilmington Memorial Hospital - Wilmington
  • General surgical hospital for Northern Delaware
  • After NAACP injunction lifted, MCD closed facility when opening Christiana Hospital
  • Facility demolished and replaced by condo tower in Trolley Square neighborhood

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