Prisma Health Richland Hospital

Prisma Health Richland Hospital
Prisma Health
Geography
Location	Columbia,, South Carolina, United States
Coordinates	34°01′41″N 81°01′58″W / 34.0281°N 81.0329°W / 34.0281; -81.0329
Organization
Care system	Non-profit
Type	General and Teaching Hospital
Affiliated university	University of South Carolina
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	649 Licensed Beds
History
Opened	1892 as Columbia Hospital 1972 as Richland Memorial Hospital 1998 as Palmetto Health Richland 2017 as Prisma Health Richland
Links
Website	https://www.palmettohealth.org/locations-directions/hospitals/richland
Lists	Hospitals in South Carolina

Prisma Health Richland Hospital is a hospital in Columbia, South Carolina that is part of Prisma Health.

Prisma Health Richland hospital was originally established in 1892 as Columbia Hospital and was one of the first hospitals in the city. Over the years, with the growth of Columbia and the arrival of Fort Jackson, the hospital expanded. It outgrew its original location on Harden St. by the 1960s. Later renamed Richland Memorial Hospital, it moved in 1972 to its present location near the intersection of Bull St. and Harden St. Extension.

Today, Prisma Health Richland is one of the largest hospitals in the state with over 20 specialties. It is affiliated with the University of South Carolina, training future doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. It is the regional referral center for the Midlands of South Carolina and is the site of the Carolinas' first Gamma Knife Center. The hospital also has a Total Joint Center for hip and knee replacements and, since 2007, a Robotic Surgery Center specializing in minimally invasive surgery.^[1]

Prisma Health Heart Hospital

In January 2006, the 124 inpatient bed Prisma Health Heart Hospital, located on the Richland campus, opened its doors. The $80 million, 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m²) hospital is the state's only freestanding facility specializing only in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.^[2]

LifeNet South Carolina

The Palmetto Richland was home to CareForce, an emergency and critical-care-transport air ambulance service, founded in 1998. It had two helicopter in its fleet, a Bell 230 owned by Palmetto Health and a Bell 206 shared by Bamberg Memorial Hospital in Bamberg and Clarendon County Memorial Hospital in Manning.^{[citation needed]}

On May 1, 2007,^[3] CareForce merged with Life Reach, which provided services to the Providence Heart Institute, a hospital of the Sisters of Charity Ministry.

References

External links

• Prisma Health's Website

This page was last edited on 25 January 2024, at 15:33