Magee-Womens Hospital is a specialty
hospital, located at 300 Halkett Street in Oakland, that has been in service
for over a century. Although primarily a facility for women, the hospital has
offered some services for men since the 1960s. Magee Women's Hospital is part
of the UPMC Health System.
The original building known as The Maples
(left) and construction of the permanent hospital in 1914.
The hospital began operation on
January 19, 1911, in a home on the corner of Forbes Avenue and Halkett
Street known as The Maples. It was envisioned by state Senator Christopher
Magee in his will, and as stipulated, opened after the death of his wife
Elizabeth Steel Magee. The facility was named in her honor, and in the
words of Senator Magee was open "to the sick and injured of all classes
without respect to their religion, creed, color, or previous
condition."
Magee Women's Hospital in the
1950s.
On October 15, 1915, the women's
hospital moved to a permanent facility on Halkett Street. The hospital
closed in 1918 during the influenze epidemic and was leased to the U.S.
Army to care for stricken soldiers. It reopened to the public in 1920.
The hospital was enlarged in 2011 with the addition of six floors and
there are plans for further expansion. Magee Women's Hospital of UPMC
performs 10,000 births each year. |