Massachusetts General Hospital

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The Massachusetts General Hospital ( MGH ), headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts is the oldest and largest teaching hospital of the Medical School of Harvard University. The existing since 1811 device counts in terms of diagnostic possibilities, the available treatments, nursing and the research of the leading hospitals in the United States.

History

The Massachusetts General Hospital was founded in 1811 and is the third-oldest general hospital in the United States, and the oldest and largest in New England. The original building was erected in 1818. Its architect Charles Bulfinch was still called during construction to Washington, where he took over the office of the Architect of the Capitol. Surgery under general anesthesia using diethyl ether was held on October 16, 1846 in the so-called ether - cathedral for the first time in medical history took place.

Organizationally, the Massachusetts General Hospital is supported by the non-profit organization Partners HealthCare since 1994, which is also responsible for a number of other hospitals in Massachusetts next to the MGH, most of which Harvard University are also affiliated.

Structure and equipment

The Massachusetts General Hospital has at its main location and four branch offices in Boston and its vicinity over 902 beds (as of 2006). The medical options at MGH covers almost all disciplines of medicine, the emergency room is a trauma center to the highest possible standard (Level 1) of the American College of Surgeons equipped. With approximately 19,000 employees, including 3,600 physicians, dentists, psychologists and other employees in the medical staff and about 2,900 in the nursing field, the MGH is the largest non -governmental employer in Boston.

Services

At the Massachusetts General Hospital are admitted to hospital each year more than 46,000 patients, including 35,000 surgeries and 3,000 births. The number of outpatients is about one million per year. In addition, every year approximately 70,000 emergency patients are treated, including about 2,000 trauma cases and about 2,000 emergency surgeries.

In various studies and comparative tests, the MGH has top rankings, particularly in the fields of psychiatry, endocrinology, orthopedics, respiratory disorders, neurology and neurosurgery, kidney disease and digestive disorders, cardiology, rheumatology, oncology, urology, gynecology and ear, nose and throat medicine. The annual hospital ranking of the weekly magazine U.S. News & World Report, Massachusetts General Hospital ranks for several years among the top five hospitals in the United States.

Since 2003, the Massachusetts General Hospital carries the title of "Magnet Hospital ", the highest awarded by the American Nurses Association recognition for excellence in nursing services. The MGH is also running a research budget of around 500 million U.S. dollars, the most extensive research program of all hospitals in the United States.