Penrose Hospital

at 2222 N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs , 80907 United States

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Penrose Hospital
2222 N Nevada Ave
Colorado Springs , CO 80907
United States
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Penrose Hospital is a hospital located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and owned by Penrose-St. Francis Health Services.OverviewPenrose Hospital, a 364 bed hospital, provides medical and surgical services, and specializes in the treatment of cardiac conditions, cancer, and emergency trauma care as well as physical rehabilitation.HistoryIn 1890 the hospital was founded as Glockner Tuberculosis Sanatorium, by Marie Gynne Glockner after the death of her husband, Albert Glockner, from tuberculosis. The first superintendent of the hospital was Dr. B.P. Anderson, who founded St. Francis Hospital. The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio assumed ownership of the hospital in 1893. It had sanatoriums and hospitals in Pueblo, Colorado and Albuquerque, New Mexico.During the first 2 decades of the 20th century the sanitarium became the Glockner Sanatorium and Hospital, a general acute care hospital, and performed lung removal and the first bronchoscopy west of St. Louis. In 1939 it was selected as the site of the Penrose Tumor Institute, later the Penrose Cancer Center. Spencer Penrose established the institute to treat people with cancer, like him, with the latest technology. The Penrose Cancer Center Pavilion was dedicated in 1941 by Spencer Penrose's widow, Julie Penrose. It became "one of the most famous hospitals in the United States" offering research, diagnosis and treatment, including radiation therapy, of cancer. A new nurses residence, Margery Reed building, was constructed from donations by Mrs. Verner Z. Reed, in memory of her daughter Margery Reed Mayo. It is now a medical office building. The name of the hospital was changed to Glockner-Penrose Hospital in 1947, at the suggestion of Marie Gynne Glockner. Julie Penrose donated $3.2 million for the construction of an addition to the hospital for more hospital beds. It was dedicated in 1959 and the hospital name was changed to Penrose Hospital. From 1947 to 1987 the hospital saw the addition of intensive care, outpatient care, emergency trauma and surgical facilities. There was also an addition of a new cancer center.

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Penrose Hospital is Colorado Springs based place and this enity listed in Hospital category. Located at 2222 N Nevada Ave CO 80907. Contact phone number of Penrose Hospital: (719) 776-5000

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