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Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Hospital in California, United States

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a community hospital in the city of Santa Barbara, California. It is owned and operated by the Cottage Health System.[1]

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Services

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a full-service hospital, primarily serving the diverse population of Santa Barbara County. There are three other satellite hospitals within the Cottage Health system: Santa Ynez Cottage Hospital, Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, and Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital. The hospital has regular medical-surgical beds as well as a CCU and an ICU.

Several medical services are offered, including a neonatal intensive care unit and the hospital was recognized for its geriatric care.[2]

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center (upgraded from Level II in 2017)[3] and the largest between Los Angeles and San Francisco.[4]

History

The original Cottage Hospital building, designed by Peter J. Barber
The hospital entrance, c. 1920

The hospital opened on December 8, 1891 as a twenty-five bed hospital by Mary A. Ashley.[5][4][6] The original building was designed by the prominent local architect Peter J. Barber.[7]

On June 4, 2021, Princess Lilibet of Sussex, daughter of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and granddaughter of King Charles III, was born at the hospital.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Cottage Health". 30 July 2022.
  2. [2]
    McCormick, Grayce (2021-06-27). "Cottage Health recognized for geriatric care". Santa Barbara News-Press. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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    "Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center". 30 July 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Julia McHugh: Cottage Hospital's beginnings in Santa Barbara". Santa Ynez Valley News. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  5. [5]
    Tompkins, Walker A. (1988). Cottage Hospital: The First Hundred Years, the Centennial History of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-9619597-0-8. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital - Celebrating 125 Years - Cottage Health". www.cottagehealth.org. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  7. [7]
    "Cottage Hospital", photograph by I. N. Cook, Gledhill Glass Plate Collection, Santa Barbara Historical Museum, accessed 31 July 2021.
  8. [8]
    "Harry and Meghan reveal where daughter Lili was born". The Evening Standard. 2021-06-06. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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