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MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL The Massachusetts General Hospital is the third oldest general hospital in the United States. It was chartered in 1811 and admitted its first patients in 1821. MGH is the largest of the teaching hospitals affiliated with Harvard Medical School. This facility offers sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. The MGH umbrella incorporates the MGH Institute of Health Professions and two nearby hospitals: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and McLean Hospital located in Belmont, which treats psychiatric patients. Once again in 1998, both these hospitals ranked high in their specialty areas in the U.S. News & World Report annual national "Best Hospitals" survey. In addition, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a partner in the Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare joint venture, was ranked fifth nationally in cancer care. as well as. |
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