Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School, originally Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and School for Nurses, opened in 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 1512 Lombard Street with had 15 beds. [1] [2] It was the city's first hospital for African Americans and the second hospital in the United States for African Americans. [3] In 1897, it graduated its first two nurses. It expanded and in 1948 merged with Mercy Hospital to form Mercy-Douglass Hospital in hopes of improving both of their both of their financials conditions. [3] Mercy-Douglas closed in 1973. [4]
Nathan F. Mossell served as chief of staff. [5] His brother Aaron Albert Mossell was the hospital's lawyer.
William Albert Sinclair was its financial secretary beginning in 1904. He wrote Aftermath of Slavery. [6]
Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School, originally Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and School for Nurses, opened in 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 1512 Lombard Street with had 15 beds. [1] [2] It was the city's first hospital for African Americans and the second hospital in the United States for African Americans. [3] In 1897, it graduated its first two nurses. It expanded and in 1948 merged with Mercy Hospital to form Mercy-Douglass Hospital in hopes of improving both of their both of their financials conditions. [3] Mercy-Douglas closed in 1973. [4]
Nathan F. Mossell served as chief of staff. [5] His brother Aaron Albert Mossell was the hospital's lawyer.
William Albert Sinclair was its financial secretary beginning in 1904. He wrote Aftermath of Slavery. [6]