Was Children's National Medical Center or St. Elizabeths Hospital the first federally operated psychiatric hospital in the United States?
Children's National Medical Center Children’s National Medical Center (formerly DC Children’s Hospital) is ranked among the top 10 children’s hospitals in the country by "U.S. News & World Report." Located just north of the McMillan Reservoir and Howard University, it shares grounds with Washington Hospital Center, National Rehabilitation Hospital, and the DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Kurt Newman, M.D., has served as the president and chief executive officer of Children’s National since 2011. Children's National is a not-for-profit institution that performs more than 450,000 visits each year. Featuring 303 beds and a Level IV NICU, Children's National is the regional referral center for pediatric emergency, trauma, cancer, cardiac and critical care as well as neonatology, orthopaedic surgery, neurology and neurosurgery.
Paradise Valley Hospital California Paradise Valley Hospital (PVH) is an 301-bed acute care facility in National City, California. It began operation in 1904 as a sanitarium and is currently under the ownership and operation of Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. (PHS), a hospital management company located in Victorville, CA. Paradise Valley Hospital is the largest employer in National City, with an ethnically diverse workforce of approximately 1,500 employees.