Rebecca Sealy Hospital | |
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University of Texas Medical Branch | |
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Geography | |
Location | Galveston, Texas, United States |
Coordinates | 29°18′35″N 94°46′32″W / 29.30980°N 94.77550°W |
Organization | |
Care system | Public |
Type | Research, day surgery, and psychiatric facility |
Affiliated university | University of Texas Medical Branch |
Services | |
Beds | 20 (Psychiatric Unit) |
History | |
Opened | 1866 (as St. Mary's Hospital); 1996 (purchased by the Sealy & Smith Foundation) |
Closed | 2008 |
Links | |
Website | utmbhealthcare.org |
Lists | Hospitals in Texas |
Rebecca Sealy Hospital was an eight-story hospital, and one of five hospitals on the campus of the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas, United States. [1] [2] It was founded in 1866 as St. Mary's Hospital, a private, Catholic, general hospital, but was purchased in 1996 by the Sealy & Smith Foundation. [3] The foundation renamed it and donated it to the university for use as a psychiatric, outpatient surgery, and research hospital. [4] [5] [6] [7]
In 2008, severe flooding from Hurricane Ike damaged all UTMB facilities, including Rebecca Sealy Hospital. The inpatient psychiatric unit closed and the building was renovated into offices and simulation labs. [8]