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Bon Secours is a not-for-profit Marriottsville, Maryland-based Catholic health system founded in 1983 that owns, manages, or joint ventures 19 acute care hospitals, one psychiatric hospital, five nursing care facilities, four assisted living facilities and 14 home care and hospice programs in seven US states.
On September 1, 2018, Bon Secours and Mercy Health combined to become the United States' fifth largest Catholic health care ministry and one of the nation's 20 largest health care systems. [1] The two systems and their hospitals retained their pre-merger names and branding. [2] The full name of the combined health system is Bon Secours Mercy Health. Bon Secours Mercy Health headquarters are co-located with Mercy Health in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Background
The Congregation of the Sisters of Bon Secours was established in 1824 in Paris, France. Their particular apostolate was providing in-home care for the sick and dying. In 1881, the sisters came to Baltimore at the request of James Cardinal Gibbons. They founded their first hospital in Baltimore in 1919. By 1980, they had founded or managed several more. Bon Secours was established in 1983 to coordinate the administration and management of the various healthcare facilities. [3]
Throughout the 1980s, the Bon Secours grew rapidly, opening a number of hospitals, community health clinics, nursing care facilities for the elderly, alcohol and drug abuse rehabilitation centers, affordable housing units, and medical office facilities in Maryland, Virginia, Florida, and Michigan in response to the needs of the communities they served.
Hospitals
South Carolina
- Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown Hospital, Greenville [4]
- Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside Hospital, Greenville [5]
Virginia
- Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Norfolk
- Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View, Suffolk
- Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital, Newport News
- Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, Portsmouth
- Bon Secours Maryview Behavioral Medicine Center, Portsmouth
- Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center, Mechanicsville
- Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, Midlothian
- Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital, Richmond
- Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital, Richmond
- Bon Secours Southside Medical Center, Petersburg
- Bon Secours Southampton Medical Center,Franklin
Former facilities
Kentucky
- Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital, Ashland
Maryland
- Grace Medical Center, Baltimore — known as Bon Secours Hospital from 1919 until its sale in 2019
Massachusetts
- Bon Secours Hospital, Methuen, Opened in 1950, was sold to Caritas Christi Health Care in 1988, and renamed Holy Family Hospital
Michigan
- Bon Secours Grosse Pointe sold in the early 2000's to Beaumont Health System
Pennsylvania
- Bon Secours-Holy Family Hospital, Altoona — merged into Altoona Regional Health System in 2004, closed 2012. [6]
References
- ^ "Bon Secours". Bon Secours. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ McDaniels, Andrea K. "Bon Secours completes merger with Mercy Health of Ohio". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on September 6, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ "History", Sisters of Bon Secours, USA
- ^ "St Francis Downtown". Bon Secours. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ "St Francis Eastside". Bon Secours. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ "History I UPMC Altoona". UPMC | Life Changing Medicine. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
