St. Luke's Hospital (New Bedford, Massachusetts)

St. Luke's Hospital is a Massachusetts hospital, founded in 1884.

In 1996 St. Luke's merged with Charlton Memorial [1] in Fall River and Tobey Hospital [2] in Wareham to form the Southcoast Health System.

St. Luke's, with 293 beds in service, offers extensive in-patient medical and surgical services, with particular expertise in neurosurgery, cardiology, and general surgery.

Patients have access to sophisticated diagnostic testing, including computerized tomography scanning, MRI, and nuclear cardiology.

Rehabilitation services are available on-site. St. Luke's is located at 101 Page Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Expansion

Starting in 2006, St. Luke's began building a new Emergency Department. Inside there are nineteen new private treatment bays.

In 2008 The In-House Patient Pharmacy Department installed a more modern and Drug dispensing system throughout the floors called Pyxis Connect. While its operations continue in 2009 as the upgrade to the OR Rooms and Endoscopy Departments received new machines per room. It has proven to be a well effective tool for the Hospital and Pharmacy Department.

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