Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Cottage Health
Hospital entrance, c. 2022
Geography
Location	Santa Barbara, California, United States
Coordinates	34°25′50″N 119°43′23″W
Organization
Type	Community
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	519
History
Opened	December 8, 1891
Links
Website	Official website
Lists	Hospitals in California

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a community hospital in the city of Santa Barbara, California. It is owned and operated by the Cottage Health System.^[1]

Services

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a full-service hospital, primarily serving the diverse population of Santa Barbara County. There are three other satellite hospitals within the Cottage Health system: Santa Ynez Cottage Hospital, Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, and Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital. The hospital has regular medical-surgical beds as well as a CCU and an ICU.

Several medical services are offered, including a neonatal intensive care unit and the hospital was recognized for its geriatric care.^[2]

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center (upgraded from Level II in 2017)^[3] and the largest between Los Angeles and San Francisco.^[4]

History

The original Cottage Hospital building, designed by Peter J. Barber

The hospital entrance, c. 1920

The hospital opened on December 8, 1891 as a twenty-five bed hospital by Mary A. Ashley.^[5][4][6] The original building was designed by the prominent local architect Peter J. Barber.^[7]

On June 4, 2021, Princess Lilibet of Sussex, daughter of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and granddaughter of King Charles III, was born at the hospital.^[8]

References

1. "Cottage Health". 30 July 2022.
2. McCormick, Grayce (2021-06-27). "Cottage Health recognized for geriatric care". Santa Barbara News-Press. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
3. "Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center". 30 July 2022.
4. "Julia McHugh: Cottage Hospital's beginnings in Santa Barbara". Santa Ynez Valley News. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
5. Tompkins, Walker A. (1988). Cottage Hospital: The First Hundred Years, the Centennial History of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-9619597-0-8. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
6. "Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital - Celebrating 125 Years - Cottage Health". www.cottagehealth.org. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
7. "Cottage Hospital", photograph by I. N. Cook, Gledhill Glass Plate Collection, Santa Barbara Historical Museum, accessed 31 July 2021.
8. "Harry and Meghan reveal where daughter Lili was born". The Evening Standard. 2021-06-06. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

External links

• Cottage Hospital