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About YaleNew Haven Hospital
YaleNew Haven Hospital YNHH is a nonprofit 966bed tertiary medical center receiving national and international referrals YaleNew Haven Hospital includes Smilow Cancer Hospital at YaleNew Haven YaleNew Haven Childrens Hospital and YaleNew Haven Psychiatric Hospital

Our Mission
The mission of YaleNew Haven Hospital is to provide sensitive highquality costeffective health care services to all patients regardless of ability to pay to be the primary teaching hospital for Yale School of Medicine and offer training opportunities for nurses and allied health care professionals to provide the setting for ongoing clinical research that helps bring medical advances from the laboratory to the patients bedside and to serve the community as a public health advocate and provide support and services which respond to the areas health care needs through health education health promotion and access to care

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History

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YaleNew Haven Hospital History
When it opened as the General Hospital Society of Connecticut in 1826 YaleNew Haven Hospital was the first hospital in Connecticut and the fourth voluntary hospital in the nation

The first hospital building was opened in 1833 on sevenandahalf acres of land between Cedar Street and Howard Avenue and Davenport and Congress Avenues The original 13bed hospital called the State Hospital was designed by prominent New Haven architect Ithiel Town and cost 13000

Since it opened in 1826 the hospital was affiliated with the Medical Institution of Yale College which had been founded in 1810 In 1884 the hospitals name was changed to New Haven Hospital In 1917 the Yale School of Medicine and New Haven Hospital signed their first formal affiliation agreement which marked the beginning of the modern medical center In 1945 an affiliation with nearby Grace Hospital led to a name change GraceNew Haven Hospital In 1965 a more formal agreement with Yale officially created YaleNew Haven Hospital

Caring for the poor sailors and soldiers
Founded as a charitable institution for the care of the poor the role of the hospital soon expanded to include care for the entire community In its early days sailors from New Havens busy seaport came to the hospital for care During the Civil War more than 25000 US Army soldiers were brought to the hospital which temporarily changed its name to the Knight US Army General Hospital In subsequent wars YaleNew Haven was on alert as a designated military hospital

Recent history

Today YNHH is a 966bed private nonprofit teaching hospital that ranks among the premier medical centers in the nation For the past three years YNHH has been included among the Best Hospitals in the US in the annual USNews amp World Report ranking YaleNew Haven is the largest acute care provider in southern Connecticut and one of the Northeasts major referral centers

The inpatient buildings of YaleNew Haven Hospital are four pavilions around a central atrium Of these the East Pavilion opened in 1953 followed by the South Pavilion in 1982 YaleNew Haven Childrens Hospital West Pavilion in 1993 and Smilow Cancer Hospital at YaleNew Haven in 2009 YaleNew Haven Hospital also includes the YaleNew Haven Psychiatric Hospital formerly Yale Psychiatric Institute and an ambulatory services division with several satellite facilities including Temple Medical Center and the Shoreline Medical Center in Guilford