Holy Cross Hospital is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...

. The hospital is a non-profit Catholic hospital, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy

Sisters of Mercy

The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....

 and a member of Catholic Health East.

Founded in 1955, Holy Cross has received honors for its patient safety, orthopedics, urology, gynecology, women's health, geriatric and stroke care.

A full-service, acute care hospital, Holy Cross is home to the Orthopedic Institute, Jim Moran Heart and Vascular Center, Jim Moran Heart and Vascular Research Institute, Michael & Dianne Bienes Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dorothy Mangurian Comprehensive Women's Center, Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. Diagnostic Imaging Center, Zachariah Family Wellness Pavilion and the Feldman Center for Optimal Health.

History

Sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, the hospital opened in 1955 to serve the sick and injured without regard to race, religion or nationality.

External links

Holy Cross Hospital