Which could house more patients, St. Elizabeths Hospital or Providence Hospital?
St. Elizabeths Hospital St. Elizabeths Hospital opened in 1855 as the first federally operated psychiatric hospital in the United States. Housing over 8,000 patients at its peak in the 1950s, the hospital at one point had a fully functioning medical-surgical unit, a school of nursing, and accredited internships and psychiatric residencies. Its campus was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990.
Strathcona Community Hospital The Strathcona Community Hospital is located in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, and provides 27 emergency beds with sufficient infrastructure capacity for 36 additional beds in the future. The hospital opened on May 21, 2014.