Bradley Hospital

Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital, commonly known as Bradley Hospital, is a non-profit hospital in East Providence, Rhode Island, in the Riverside neighborhood.[1]

Bradley Hospital
Lifespan hospital group
Geography
LocationEast Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Organization
Care systemPrivate non-profit
Affiliated universityThe Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Services
History
Opened1929
Links
Websitewww.bradleyhospital.org
ListsHospitals in Rhode Island

In 1929 the hospital was founded as the nation's first neuropsychiatric hospital for children. The hospital was named for George and Helen Bradley's only child Emma Pendleton Bradley, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at age Twenty Three in 1886 leaving her with "epilepsy, mental retardation ".[2] The Bradleys willed their Rhode Island estate to be used as a hospital.[2] The hospital is part of the Lifespan hospital group.[3][4] This hospital now holds 3 inpatient units, two adolescent units and one behavioral unit for children on the autism spectrum.

See also

References

  1. "About Bradley Hospital". Bradley Hospital. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  2. "Our History". Bradley Hospital. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  3. "About Lifespan". Lifespan. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  4. Michelle Dally Johnston, Out of Sorrow and Into Hope: The History of the Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital (Bradley Hospital, 1991)



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