Morton Plant Hospital
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Morton Plant Hospital is a 687 bed hospital at 300 Pinellas Street in Clearwater, Florida. Morton Plant is community-based and provides services in more than fifty specialty areas. This hospital is part of the greater BayCare Health System. Morton Plant celebrated the opening of the Morgan Heart Hospital in 2006.
[edit] History
Morton Freeman Plant was the son of Henry Bradley Plant, railroad and shipping magnate and builder of the Tampa Bay Hotel (which later became the University of Tampa). In 1905, Morton F. Plant build a home in a small town on the Gulf of Mexico called Clearwater, Florida. Plant maintained a large mansion in New York City, New York at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 52nd Street and the house in Clearwater, Florida for vacations. In 1918, while on vacation, Plant's son was injured in a car accident and required medical attention. However, there was not a hospital in Clearwater and to get the help, Plant used his railroad connections to have a surgical team brought down by rail from New York along with a special surgical car. Afterwards, Plant pledged money for the building of a hospital in Clearwater, with the city coming up with the other half.
The site chosen was one of the high bluffs, unique for Florida, overlooking Clearwater Bay. The main hospital building faces West and views the intercoastal waterway, the barrier islands of Clearwater Beach and Sand Key and then a clear view of the Gulf of Mexico.
The current main building, known as The Witt building, was constructed in 1966. Other buildings include The Barnard building, The Adler Building, The Sarah Walker Women's Pavilion, The Roebling Building (demolished in 2005), The Cantonis Building which houses the ER and day surgery, The Ptak Neuroscience building, The Carlisle Imaging building, the Cheek-Powell Heart and Vascular Building and The Ptak Rehabilation Center. The new Morgan Heart Building replaced the Roebling Building.
[edit] Source/more information
- Morton Plant Hospital- About Us Feb. 5, 2006.
- List of hospitals in Florida