Cooper Hospital

 Camden History  September 9, 2022  Leave a Comment on Cooper Hospital  Posted in Hospitals
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Cooper’s roots can be traced to the mid-1870s, when Richard M. Cooper, MD, and members of his extended family donated money and land bounded by Mickle Street (now Martin Luther King Boulevard), Benson Street, 6th Street, and 7th Street for a new hospital. Guided by their Quaker roots, the prominent Camden family sought to provide medical care for the indigent population of the city. Although the four-story stone building was completed in 1877, the original 30-bed hospital stood empty for 10 years until enough money was available to open for patients in August 1887. Cooper Hospital’s original medical staff consisted of eight doctors: four general physicians and four surgeons.

Cooper Hospital quickly became a cornerstone in the Camden community. As hospital facilities and medical care advanced, Cooper’s reputation for excellence became widespread and it began to expand.

Source: https://www.cooperhealth.org/about-us/our-history

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Cooper Hospital, Unknown Date
Cooper Hospital, Unknown Date
The original Cooper Cooper Hospital 1887, opened 10 years after it was built
The original Cooper Cooper Hospital 1887, opened 10 years after it was built
Cooper Hospital Ambulance
Cooper Hospital Ambulance
Cooper Hospital one of the institutions which serve their own field and an additional wide territory. The Camden hospitals handle thousands of cases yearly, which come from the area outside the city. Most of these are the results of auto accidents on the White Horse Pike and other much traveled highways.
Cooper Hospital one of the institutions which serve their own field and an additional wide territory. The Camden hospitals handle thousands of cases yearly, which come from the area outside the city. Most of these are the results of auto accidents on the White Horse Pike and other much traveled highways.
Cooper Hospital, Looking South from Chambers Avenue. Photograph was taken about 1890. Photo donated to Courier-Post by H. Genet Taylor of 305 Cooper Street in the late 1950s.
Cooper Hospital, Looking South from Chambers Avenue. Photograph was taken about 1890. Photo donated to Courier-Post by H. Genet Taylor of 305 Cooper Street in the late 1950s.

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