Abington Memorial Hospital

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Name :

Abington Memorial Hospital

Address  :

1200 Old York Road

Town  :

Abington

State  :

Pennsylvania

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

19001

Phone  :

215 481 2000

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

publicrelations@amh.org
Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cardiology
  • Cardiothoracic Surgeon
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology
  • Family Practice
  • Gastro-enterology
  • Hematologist
  • Internal Medicine
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Otolaryngologist
  • Paediatrics
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Podiatry
  • Psychiatrist
  • Urology
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 665

Description
About Us
Abington Memorial Hospital AMH is a 665bed regional referral center and teaching hospital which has been providing comprehensive highquality services for people in Montgomery Bucks and Philadelphia counties for more than 90 years AMH employs over 5600 employees making AMH one of the largest employers in Montgomery County The hospitals medical staff consists of over 900 physicians including primary care medical and surgical specialists More than 1100 volunteers give their time and talents to support this notforprofit hospital and AMH provides more than 45 million in free care to our community each year

History
Our History
In the early 1900s Abington was a rural town with the nearest hospital being eight miles away Injured residents faced this trip on rough roads usually in horsedrawn carts or buggies Having one of the areas first cars local landowner George W Elkins Sr was occasionally asked to transport patients Legend has it that one of his passengers died en route Recognizing the need for a hospital in Abington he arranged a town meeting

On May 7 1912 community members gathered and passed a resolution to establish Abington General Hospital Elkins donated land and money for the new building in memory of his wife Stella McIntire Elkins and the hospital was renamed in her honor On May 15 1914 Abington Memorial Hospital opened to the community
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