Lemuel Shattuck Hospital

Lemuel Shattuck Hospital is a 255-bed public health and teaching hospital in Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts in the United States. Shattuck provides acute, subacute, and ambulatory care.[1]

Lemuel Shattuck, for whom the institution is named, was an area bookseller who played a role in creating America's first board of public health.[2]

Shattuck offers outpatient care, surgical services, outpatient clinics, radiological imaging, and laboratory services. The hospital maintains several governmental and academic relationships, such as with the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Massachusetts Department of Correction, and Tufts University School of Medicine.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Lemuel Shattuck Hospital". Mass.gov. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  2. ↑ Julie Arrison (2009). Franklin Park. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 94–. ISBN 978-0-7385-6531-6.
  3. ↑ "Overview: Lemuel Shattuck Hospital". Mass.gov. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  4. ↑ Resnevic, Emily (12 November 2013). "Shattuck Partners aims to raise $50K for local hospital". Jamaica Plain Gazette.

Coordinates: 42°17′59″N 71°06′07″W / 42.29978°N 71.10186°W / 42.29978; -71.10186


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