St. Vincent's Health System, based in Birmingham, Alabama, United States is an operator of acute care hospitals located in the Birmingham area and a health ministry of Ascension Health. St. Vincent's Health System is made up of six facilities: St. Vincent's Birmingham, St. Vincent's Blount, St. Vincent's Chilton, St. Vincent's East, St. Vincent's St. Clair, and St. Vincent's One Nineteen. The company employs over 4,700 people throughout its six facilities. History St. Vincent's Hospital (now St. Vincent's Birmingham) was founded in 1898 and is Birmingham's oldest hospital. It was founded by the Daughters of Charity and named after the 17th century Parisian St. Vincent de Paul, who started the Daughters of Charity in 1633. In July 2007, St. Vincent's Hospital merged with Eastern Health System to become St. Vincent's Health System. Facilities St. Vincent's Birmingham St. Vincent's Blount St. Vincent's East St. Vincent's St. Clair St. Vincent's One Nineteen St. Vincent's Chilton References External links www.stvhs.com Ascension Health web site Ascension Health Companies based in Birmingham, Alabama Catholic hospitals in North America Healthcare in Alabama Hospital networks in the United States Organizations based in Birmingham, Alabama Medical and health organizations based in Alabama 1898 establishments in Alabama Catholic hospital networks in the United States Catholic health care