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| Middlesex Hospital | |||||||||||
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 Main entrance of Middlesex Hospital | |||||||||||
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| Location | 28 Crescent Street, Middletown, Connecticut, United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°33′16.097″N72°38′49.430″W / 41.55447139°N 72.64706389°W /41.55447139; -72.64706389 | ||||||||||
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| Type | General | ||||||||||
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| Beds | 297[1] | ||||||||||
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| Helipad | FAALID:CT98 | ||||||||||
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| Founded | 1904 | ||||||||||
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| Website | middlesexhospital | ||||||||||
| Lists | Hospitals in Connecticut | ||||||||||
Middlesex Hospital is a non-profit,acute carecommunity hospital inMiddletown, Connecticut. It is a subsidiary of Middlesex Health System, Inc.[2]
Its service area includesMiddlesex County, Connecticut, and the lowerConnecticut River Valley region. In 2015 Middlesex became the first hospital in Connecticut to join theMayo Clinic Care Network.[3]
In 1895 theConnecticut General Assembly issued a charter incorporating Middlesex Hospital. With a $20,000 grant from the state, and the gift of the Camp Homestead on Crescent Street, the hospital opened in the spring of 1904.[4]
The hospital's nursing school graduated nurses from 1910 until the Ona M. Wilcox School of Nursing closed in 1997.[5]
In July 2025, the estate of Gay Sherman Weintz filed a lawsuit inMiddletown Superior Court citing negligent care leading to her death on April 22, 2024.[6] That same month, Middlesex Hospital submitted a corrective action plan following Connecticut State Department of Public Health reports cited failures, including with regard to the patient death on the previous April 22.[7]
Middlesex Hospital provides inpatient medical, surgical and emergency services, as well asoutpatient care, includingdiagnostic,rehabilitation,behavioral health,disease management,radiology, laboratory, cancer care, homecare, wound andostomy care,surgical services,urgent care, and a network ofprimary care offices. The hospital employs over 3,500 people and has 381 active medical staff, 77 courtesy medical staff, and 142 allied health professionals.
The hospital has a family medicine residency program and a radiologic technology school. In addition to its emergency department in Middletown, the health system operates two satellite medical centers inWestbrook, Connecticut, andMarlborough, Connecticut, with fully accredited, stand-alone emergency departments. Combined, the three locations serve the 4th highest emergency patient volume of all Connecticut hospitals. In 2022 the hospital had 11,902 discharges and 77,805 emergency department visits.[8]
The hospital is licensed for 297 beds, 33 bassinets and serves a total population of over 250,000 persons.
Middlesex Hospital Urgent Care handles non-emergency medical care inMadison, Connecticut, Middletown andOld Saybrook, Connecticut.
The Cancer Center offersradiation oncology,medical oncology and supportive services with diagnostic radiology includingPET scan,CT scan andMRI close by. The cancer program is an ACoS-approved Comprehensive Community Cancer Center.[9]
Middlesex Hospital is accredited by theAmerican College of Surgeons National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers as a Comprehensive Breast Center.[10] The Breast Center is located at 540 Saybrook Road.
The hospital provides Homecare,hospice andpalliative care home visits. The hospice program is Medicare-certified and includes homecare as well as in-patient care within the hospital. It was established in 1985.
The Pregnancy & Birth Center at Middlesex Hospital is designated as “Baby-Friendly” by Baby-Friendly USA.[11] The Baby-Friendly Hospital initiative recognizes hospitals that provide an optimal level of care and information for breastfeeding moms.
The hospital has Joint Commission approved Centers of Excellence instroke, joint replacement for hips and knees, andbariatrics. The Middlesex Hospital Center for Joint Replacement has earned The Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval® for hip and knee replacements.[12]
In 2018, Middlesex Hospital earned a "Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality" designation from theHuman Rights Campaign Foundation.[13]
In 2024, Middlesex Hospital received an A grade for safety from theLeapfrog Group.[14]
On June 1, 2001, Middlesex Hospital became Connecticut's first Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), an arm of theAmerican Nurses Association.[15] The hospital has retained its designation since 2001.
Middlesex Hospital has been designated four times as one of theThomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals.[16]
Middlesex Hospital achieved the highest rating possible fromU.S. News & World Report's hospital rankings inchronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),heart failure,colon cancer surgery, and hip replacement.[17]
The Hospital was recognized as part of The Joint Commission’s 2015 annual report “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety,”[18] for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability for key quality measures for:
Middlesex Hospital was recognized byHealthgrades[19] for the following five clinical and hospital quality awards:
Middlesex was the only hospital in Connecticut to receive the Patient Experience Award in 2014, and one of only two in 2016.
Middlesex Hospital received an award for Clinical Excellence in 2017 for rating in the top 5% of hospitals in the nation with the lowest risk-adjustedmortality and complication rates across at least 21 of 32 common conditions and procedures.[20]
