Bon Secours Hospital
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Bon Secours Hospital is a hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

 in Baltimore
Baltimore
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. The hospital has the largest renal dialysis center in the city of Baltimore.
The name Bon Secours is French for "good help." The hospital is part of the Marriottsville, Maryland-based Bon Secours Health System, a $2.9 billion not-for-profit Catholic health system that owns, manages, or joint ventures 18 acute-care hospitals, one psychiatric hospital, five nursing care facilities, four assisted living facilities and 14 home care and hospice programs in seven states.

History

In 1881, Cardinal James Gibbons asked for the Sisters of Bon Secours
Bon Secours Sisters
Congregation of the Sisters of Bon Secours is a Roman Catholic religious congregation for nursing , whose object is to care for patients from all socio-economic groups...

 to come from Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 to provide health care.

In 1919, George Jenkins
George Jenkins
George Clarke Jenkins was an American production designer and three-time Tony Award nominee.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he studied architecture at University of Pennsylvania before leaving to build sets...

, a philanthropist, provided funds to open a hospital In 1996, the hospital merged with Liberty Medical Center, which closed at the time.

In 2009, the hospital considered closing its inpatient services to cut costs.
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