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St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center was founded in 1897 by Mother Ann Valencia and the Sisters of Saint Joseph, who came to Hartford from Chambery, France. Saint Francis began in a former seminary. Today, Saint Francis has 617 acute inpatient beds and 65 bassinets and is the largest Catholic hospital in New England, the hospital says. The hospital joined with Mount Sinai Hospital in 1990 in the first affiliation between a Catholic hospital and a Jewish hospital in the United States. Five years later, the two hospitals completed a formal corporate merger. Saint Francis is now a major teaching hospital and a tertiary referral center. According to Saint Francis officials, the hospital offers major clini...
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center was founded in 1897 by Mother Ann Valencia and the Sisters of Saint Joseph, who came to Hartford from Chambery, France. Saint Francis began in a former seminary. Today, Saint Francis has 617 acute inpatient beds and 65 bassinets and is the largest Catholic hospital in New England, the hospital says. The hospital joined with Mount Sinai Hospital in 1990 in the first affiliation between a Catholic hospital and a Jewish hospital in the United States. Five years later, the two hospitals completed a formal corporate merger. Saint Francis is now a major teaching hospital and a tertiary referral center. According to Saint Francis officials, the hospital offers major clinical concentrations in cardiology, oncology, women's health services, rehabilitation and orthopedics. Nearly 2,100 medical students, interns, residents, fellows, student nurses and other healthcare students receive education at Saint Francis each year. Through its parent organization, Saint Francis Care, Saint Francis maintains affiliations with Bristol Hospital and Saint Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, as well as Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers and Connecticut VNA Partners.
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Former Husky Kevin Ollie Honored As Role Model
By MIKE ANTHONY / COURANT STAFF WRITERCROMWELL — Kevin Ollie spoke about his life Thursday morning — the achievements, the obstacles — and paused occasionally to let out a few laughs, wipe away a few tears and let a few rounds of rousing applause subside. Ollie, the former...Tags: LeBron James, Ethics, Kevin Ollie, National Basketball Association, Ray Allen
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Bob Jacobs Reading Poetry At Farmington Library
Bob Jacob knows that poetry can help alleviate pain and celebrate life. He began reading poetry to cancer support groups in the 1990s and for the past seven years, has read as a volunteer to patients at The Connecticut Hospice Hospital in Branford. He...Tags: Clubs and Associations, House, Poetry
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East Hartford Shooting Suspect Due In Court Today
Courant Staff WritersA 19-year-old man accused in a shooting at an East Hartford home this month in which a woman was wounded is scheduled to appear in Superior Court in Manchester today. Duane Brown, of Columbus Street in East Hartford, was arrested early this morning...Tags: Murder, Firearms, Defense, East Hartford, Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Police: Teenager Attacked Stepsister
A teenager attacked her 17-year-old stepsister Friday night with a sharp weapon given to her by her mother, police said. St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center called police about a person who had been cut and was in surgery, police said. She was... -
Man Shot And Killed In Hartford
The Hartford CourantA man was shot and killed near 485 Albany Street early Sunday, police said. The victim, who was not identified by police, was taken to St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center at about 2 a.m. Sunday in a private vehicle, police said. One person called... -
3 dead in Hartford incidents over the weekend
Hartford police are investigating three deaths over the weekend, including two shootings. Police say that after getting a 911 call Saturday morning they found a man in a first floor apartment on Affleck Street. The call about shots being fired came in...Tags: Murder, New Britain
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Teen Dies of Gunshot Wounds
The Hartford CourantThe killing of her 15-year-old son the day before still hadn't sunk in for Sandra Hyde by Monday afternoon. "I still haven't seen him. Right now, to me, he isn't dead because I haven't seen him," Hyde said as she sat in her living room, clutching a...Tags: Murder, Injuries, Hartford Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, Eddie A. Perez
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Three Dead In Hartford Violence
Fox 61Police have their hands full this weekend investigating three homicides in the Capital City. The first happened early Saturday morning at 196 Affleck Street. Police received a 911 call of shots fired shortly before 5am. They found 28 year old Johan Rosa,...Tags: Murder, Hartford Hospital, New Britain
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Two State Troopers Hurt In Accident
Two state troopers who were investigating a crash on I-84 west near Exit 48 Saturday morning were injured when a pickup truck crashed into their parked cruiser and then the other vehicle, pushing it into the officers who were standing nearby, police said....Tags: Vehicles, Injuries, East Hartford, Hartford Hospital, Drunk Driving
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Kidnapper Sentenced; Scooters Unwelcome In Hartford Garages
A West Hartford man is sentenced for kidnapping, assaulting and hiding a Bloomfield teenager. Marchers protest Hartford school district layoffs. Here are some of the stories covered by Courant reporters in Greater Hartford in the past week:...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Injuries, Terrorism, Private Health Care, Bradley International Airport
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