250 years of America. 275 years of American healthcare.
On July 4, the United States turns 250 years old. America's first hospital is even older. Pennsylvania Hospital opened in Philadelphia in 1751, a full 25 years before the Declaration of Independence. Benjamin Franklin helped start it. New York Hospital followed in 1771. So, when the founders gathered in Philadelphia in the summer of 1776, the city already had a hospital, a pharmacy, and a medical school. Care for the sick got here before the country did.
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