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Yale-New Haven Hospital and the New Haven Community fact sheet

• Founded in 1826 as a charitable institution for the care of the poor and affiliated with the Medical Institution of Yale College; opened 13-bed hospital near current location in 1833.
• Nearly 47,000 general admissions, almost 92,000 emergency room visits and 572,000 outpatient visits projected in 2004.

• 944 Beds - largest in Connecticut
• 47,000 admissions projected in 2004
• 91,881 emergency room visits
• 572,000 outpatient visits projected in 2004
• 2,600 professional staff and administration
• 6,244 total employment

• Ranked among the nation's best hospitals by U.S.News & World Report in 12 specialties, including cancer.

• EVE Award for supporting diversity
• Working Mothers magazine one of 100 best places for working mothers to work
• Solucient - Nation's Top 100 Hospitals
• America's “Most Wired” Hospitals

• First successful clinical use of penicillin in U.S
• First use of chemotherapy in cancer treatment
• First U.S. hospital to allow healthy newborns to stay in rooms with mothers
• First artificial heart pump
• First cornea transplant in Connecticut
• First open heart surgery in Connecticut
• First kidney biopsy in Connecticut
• First hospital-based newborn screening program for sickle cell anemia in the U.S
• First AIDS clinic in Connecticut
• First heart transplant in Connecticut
• First bone marrow transplant in Connecticut
• First children's emergency department in Connecticut

View a complete list of medical milestones at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

• Provided $60 million in uncompensated care in 2003, including free care and service to uninsured and underinsured.
• Contributed over $7 million in community health programs annually, including support for New Haven AIDS Clinic and Yale-New Haven Pediatric Dentistry Center and the operation of eight school-based health centers.
• Provided more than $360,000 to more than 125 community groups and organizations through sponsorships and program support. Support ranges from arts programs to neighborhood redevelopment, homeless shelters to college scholarships.
• Provided $200,000 to create and support a new nursing program at Gateway Community College.
• Provided $100,000 to support Tweed New Haven Airport.
• Provided $250,000 in affordable housing financing through grants and modular home construction.
• Employs more than 2,000 New Haven residents.

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Also see: Cancer center announcement press release

Last revised: November 30, 2004 (jt)

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