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The Swedish Medical Center is an important nonprofit provider of comprehensive healthcare situated in the city of Seattle. It encompasses three major hospitals in the Seattle area and is also a partner of diverse other clinics and hospitals. The center is particularly esteemed for institutions like the Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Swedish Cancer Institute, Swedish Orthopedic Institute and the Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute. Particular areas of specialization include surgery, pediatric care, organ transplant, bariatric surgery and childbirth services among others.
The origins of the Swedish Medical Center stretch back to the first decade of the 20th century. Dr. Nils Johanson, a Swedish immigrant and surgeon, persuaded several of his Swedish countrymen in the USA to purchase $1,000 bonds, utilizing the funds to create the Swedish Hospital. Dr. Johanson was inspired by his vision of providing the residents of Seattle with a first rate nonprofit medical facility.
Dr. Johanson's venture started on a small scale at a two-storey house which was converted into a modest 24 bed medical facility. A couple of years later, the Swedish organization acquired a 40 bed privately owned hospital, which would become the foundation of Swedish Medical Center/ First Hill. To accommodate an increased clientele, a new wing was added a few years later. During the ensuing decades the organization developed steadily, diversifying with improved facilities and acquiring new buildings. A cancer center was opened in 1932, and in the present day Swedish treats more cancer patients than any other operator in the Pacific Northwest.
In 1980 Seattle General Hospital and Doctors Hospital ceased operations, merging with the Swedish group. In the nineties Ballard Community Hospital became an esteemed subsidiary of the Swedish group. Although the Swedish system has expanded greatly, the group's mission remains to be the finest nonprofit medical provider in the area, just as its founder envisaged.
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