List of hospitals in Delaware

This is a list of hospitals in Delaware, a United States state. According to the American Hospital Directory, there were 17 hospitals in Delaware in 2020.^[1]

Hospitals

• Bayhealth Medical Center
  • Bayhealth Emergency Center, Smyrna - Smyrna (Kent and New Castle counties)
  • Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus - Dover (Kent County)
  • Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus - Milford (Kent and Sussex counties)
• Beebe Healthcare
  • Beebe Medical Center - Lewes (Sussex County)
  • South Coastal Health Campus Emergency Department - Millville (Sussex County)
• ChristianaCare - formerly Medical Centers of Delaware (MCD)
  • Christiana Hospital - Newark (New Castle County)
  • Middletown Emergency Department - Middletown (New Castle County)
  • Wilmington Hospital - Wilmington (New Castle County)
• Nemours Foundation
  • Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware - Wilmington (New Castle County)
• State of Delaware
  • Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill - Smyrna (Kent and New Castle counties)
  • Delaware Psychiatric Center - Wilmington (New Castle County)
• TidalHealth Services
  • TidalHealth Nanticoke - Seaford (Sussex County)
• Trinity Health
  • Saint Francis Healthcare - Wilmington (New Castle County)
• Veterans Administration
  • Wilmington VA Medical Center - Elsmere (New Castle County)

Historic hospitals

• City Hospital - Wilmington
  • Established in 1871
  • Located on Franklin Street, between Seventh and Eighth Streets
• Delaware Hospital - Wilmington
  • Provided facility for MCD nursing school
  • Most services moved when MCD opened Christiana Hospital
  • All remaining MCD facilities in the city relocated to building and renamed Wilmington Hospital
• Fort Delaware Hospital - near Delaware City
  • Served as medical facility for Confederate POWs and Union troops
  • Closed at end of Civil War
  • Now part of Fort Delaware State Park
  • There was a hospital at Ft. Dupont, near Delaware City. The building still exists but has been closed up and unused for many years.
• Heald's Hygeian Home for the Treatment of Patients
  • Established in 1871
  • Located at Shallcross Avenue and Van Buren Street
  • Closed in 1886; a year later the building became the new Homeopathic Hospital, later renamed Wilmington Memorial
• Riverside Hospital - Wilmington
  • Osteopathic hospital for Delaware
  • MCD purchased hospital when financial difficulties were encountered
  • Facility now run by Christiana Care as a rehab and outpatient facility
• Tilton Hospital - Wilmington
  • Named after Dr. James Tilton, Surgeon General of the United States Army during the War of 1812
  • Built in 1863 for Delaware soldiers in the American Civil War
  • Occupied block bounded by Ninth, Tenth, Tatnall, and West Streets
  • Closed in fall 1865
• Wilmington General Hospital - Wilmington
  • Former maternity hospital for Northern Delaware
  • After NAACP injunction lifted, MCD closed facility when opening Christiana Hospital
  • Facility demolished and replaced by Towne Estates Condos in Bayard Square neighborhood
• Wilmington Memorial Hospital - Wilmington
  • General surgical hospital for Northern Delaware
  • After NAACP injunction lifted, MCD closed facility when opening Christiana Hospital
  • Facility demolished and replaced by condo tower in Trolley Square neighborhood

References

• Delaware Hospitals at Curlie